Daily Worker
November 17, 1925
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ae Ta pata oliies of the Central picsitive Commit- » has discussed fiimdamentally the question of liquidat- remnants of ‘factionalism aeesstine > is the party, after tional convention. ‘The following resolution embodies thie i ‘situation as agreed upon by the political mittee. This resolution h been concurred in by the nal Executive Committe ‘of ‘the Young Workers (Communist) League. "Phe adoption of this resolution by the’political commit- { ng the co-operation of comrades in former sep- arate ‘groups in the party and laying the is for a unified leadership is of the greatest significance to the whole party. The resolution should be carefully studied by all members and g committees of the party, and energetic work begun or the unification of all the forces in the party on the baa of this resolution. ' The Central Executive Committee will, in the near fu- ture, ige meetings of the District Executive Committees in the party centers and also membership meétings, which will be addressed by Comrades Cannon and Ruthenberg for the purpose of clarifying the situation and sécuring the sup- port. of all comrades who are prepared to follow the lines laid down in the resolution. The District Executive Commit- tees of the party are requested not to take action in voting on the resolution, until these meetings are arranged. Other units should ‘at once begin the discussion and express eir viewpoint in regard to this unity resolution. "The Political Committee is of the opinion that the party will welcomé the political committee’s tak the leadership in bepaos-20y, Brioni together for a united fight to extend the party p among the masses and® to draw. them. inte: Tevplutionary class 2 Se _Resolation n nthe Party Situation. ak The | rocess of bolshevizing our- ed has seal tapesirencaiy comands. & & ree rts; ‘ - gt af, =~ Riba» a re? re af indi: ing on th Bele * . ; : “ ~# oe eolched muon ae ‘party and to make:a. anc in ge ey nt nidibaal. The party for soar han a year has been engaged in an inner factional str over the question of the correct line of policy and lea ship of the party. The remnants of factionalism carried ar from the pre-convention period have not yet been liquidated. This factional struggle while an expression of the growth of Communist understanding within the party, has seri- ously affected the party work among the broad masses of industrial workers and exploited farmers, so that there has been an actual, falling off of the effectiveness of the party in mobilizing these masses for the class struggle against the capitalists. The policy followed by a section of the former majority under the leadership of Comrade Foster objectively leads away from the Communist International and thus pro- vides a rallying point for the right wing of the party. This policy, if not Changed, will do great harm to the party. 2 That seetion of the former majority which supported * the policy of Comrades Cannon, Dunne and others was right in making an energetic and determined struggle against the policies of Comrade Foster. .In openly com ey ting the policy of Comrade Foster they gave a warnin + fey the party as to the direction in which this policy was lea The struggle within the former majority group over the question 2 the relation’ of the party, and the party leaders to the Communist International has resulted in a definite and open split in the former majority group. This process is not, however, completed. Many comrades who at first fol- lowed the policy sponsored by Comrade Foster since the con- vention, are beginning to change their course. Continuous efforts must be made to clarify the situation in order to as- sist these comrades to completely adopt the platform of the id ait aanaen intertiationel, and Central Executive Committee. , * oe *Z22 2 “THE BASIS OF: UNIFIED LEADERSHIP. 3 The former differences on political questions have been * settled by the decisions: of the Parity Commission and jhe national convention: of his party. There is therefore no Ager any reason for political groupings in the party on the basis_of former differences. The decision of the party con- vention, the decision of the Communist International, deliv- ered to the convention, and the events since the convention > have broken down the old divisions and created new ones. -- The party leadership must reflect all these decisions and events and must be. based upon them. It must represent a unification of all those who follow and fight for the political line of the Communist. International, The party situation requires the unification of all groups within the party which stand for the line of the Communist International and for the unity of the party. The remnants of the factional struggle within the party must be quickly liquidated and the whole party drawn into the work among the masses. At the pres+ ent time, when the opposition to bolshevization and reorgan- ization is developing, when Lore and Salutsky are renewing and intensifying their attacks on the Communist Interna- tional, when the socialists are gleefully speaking of the “‘dis- integration” of the Communist movement in*America, it be- comes obligatory to effect the unification of the party. It would be an error to maintain old factional groupings or to form new ones. This would weaken the struggle for unity. > ti Rey and Bolshevization and would abjectively strengthen the tendencies which are mobilizing to resist it. Under, these conditions the interests of the party imperatively demand the unification of-all members of the party who are for the'Com- . ya nate on. page bad dominant capitalist | men of the ee of e big p | Most of them want and expect a ¢ er business men. | 3 But among the offici ‘By WILLIAM F. D JN es ’ manip h ue ee n of not s } et 4 * ) 4 Pump. + as ' & : ‘ .. oh eee 2 . (std ,jof place in opera. use a slang phrase, gives them the’ ; (AS WE SEE IT By T. J. O'PLAHERTY hue 2 (HANG TSO-LIN hee ordered his}. mercenary troops back to Man-| gata the >, a ‘huria, which means that the po und terling of the , on ofthese tupesktilets: Whe weltbaeet, to keep that great country divided so hat they can gobble it up at their ‘eisure. Feng, zeneral,” with the support of the Sov- iet government and the Chinese mass- 28, aims to unite the republic and clip the claws of the imperialists. Soviet |*” diplomacy has . recorded great ‘cories in the Orient. The a oa oily | liars of the bandit powers met more a than their match in the workers’ repre- sentatives from Moscow. We don’t say. that this victory can be entirely ac- 4 counted for by attributing it to su- perior brains on the part of the Sov- iet diplomats: It is more a matter of honesty on one side and the usual}? treachery that goes with eaconnaiegs pla diplomacy on the other. ss *& | food French are busy murdering I “nents, | Druse tribesmen in Syria and, i to. see a Rp WP Navan ys i ce oe rity] yore wee to lene ago General. Dyer m@ssacred a square full of Hindus be- cause they did not immediately dis- Perse at his command. The inhuman outcher was afterwards honered by ‘he government that now arches its ory eyebrows in indignation over the acts of the imperialist butchers of France, What a fine collection of crooks are our capitalist rulers are! * + * hy any of you ever attended grand opera you might have noticed con- siderable applause occasionally for no apparent reason, other than that the star, if male, finished the operation of telling the prima donna that he) liked the dimple in her cheek. While the. operatic warrior is recuperating for the next step, applause helps out to keep the audience from going to sleep. This is where the claquers come in. They are paid for their ser- vices. It’s hard work but making a Pender under capitalism is the main order of business and is no snap. - ” a ‘bnew it happens that in the city of Chicago, Samuel Insull, besides | having a monopoly on the kind of gas desperate workers commit suicide with, also controls grand opera. Sam, being possessed of a “civic spirit,” thinks that claquers are entirely out He therefore, to gas. Any star employing claquers in the future will fade from Sam’s pay- roll just as expeditiously as an ex- soldier, who never received. the price of his glory would pass from this mundane sphere after smoking a gas tube. In the future, wage slaves who attend opera may be able to take a nap in peace. = + oa | RITING for a western labor pa- * per of his experience in Soviet Russia, Powers Hapgood, member of the United Mine Workers of Ameri- ca, and relative of Norman Hapgood, well-known journalist, declares that Russia has made tremendous prog- ress under Communist leadership. He mixed with officials as well as rank and filers. Is there free speech in Russia? Hapgood says there is, with a vengeance. Some of the workers kick and some don’t. Those who ad- mit that Russia is yet no land of milk and honey, say that it’s ‘their country anyhow, they run it, and (Continued on page 6). 68 Negroes Charter Hotel Workers’ Union CHICAGO—(FP)-—Sixty-eight char- ter members constitute the Chicago Colored Waiters Local 444, Hotel & Restaurant Employes Intl. alliance. The Negro unionists , ,are employed chiefly in cabarets, south side restau- | rants and a few Re downtown hotels. ‘ Ik es like Swift and | | claim that man: rilling to leave the to work the mo open up their They 8 "y sa 7. ive ek ae a contractor who has a lumber of miners 1 who falked free Stertlay, said: “These g “will not. tight like : ‘These fellows 6 live in tents for rf h strike relief and to work and they et ke right now. This md his gang of thugs id keep them out of’ i@ Operators open up.” S enough truth in the it to make it sound he hangers-on of the letive much consolation it, or similar state- id ©6foften, in places ©. the most. good ‘or not a py ced GaE the for the . ; dle: put Sy the fore- ground in a district where a closed shop already is’ in force and with de- mands for increased wages and better working conditions given secondary consideration, Nor are the strikers in receipt o any official information from thei leaders. They have to depend upor the capitalist press for®their news of conferences and negotiations. It is not Surprising: if under these condi- tions there is a certain amount of dis- trust and discontent. One of the most discouraging things. in conmection with this strike ja consequenee of the class colla- boration tactics of the union officials —is the pathetic confidence display. ed by large numbers of the strikers in the business men and the local and state officials. A statement by Pin- ism; the rumor that the chamber of commerce is to call a conference ment; the complaint of some coal consumers’ league about high prices | produces a great\wave of enthusiasm. The miners for the most part do not see themselves as warriors im a class struggle;. they are fighting the battle of “the American public.” Their officials have told them this and they believe it. Still more dangerous to the union is another opinionsheard even among the miners, whieW is an echo of the capitalist press :propaganda to the ef. fect that “The;.operators are suffer (Continued on page 2) TWO.SPECIAL ARTICLES S By H. M..WICKS on International Politics TUESDAY, NOV. 17: “THE CRISIS IN OIL” Lays bare the facts regarding British and American conflict that is approaching breaking point in the Near East. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 18: “The Economic and Polit- ical Significance of the Italian Debt Agreement” SUBSCRIBE NOW! cr Sele Be z1 ive committee of the Red Interna- tional of Labor Unions after receiv- . ing a report from the representatives the Mexican Trade Union Federa- tlon and the workers attaché to the comes the establishment of direct tional of Labor Unions andthe Mexi- can Trade Union Federation, “Cragn” Mexi tion made thru Martines to send a delegation of the Red International of Labor. Unions to the coming Mexican Trade Union, Congress. The executive committee decided to in- form the Mexican Trades Union Congress in written form of the point of view of the Red Interna- tional Labor Union upon the estab- NEW. ‘YORK. Nov. 15:—The visit to this city of Albert A. Purcell, presi dent of. the International Federation of Trade Unions, and official represen- tative of the British labor movemen*, brings to the forefront the question of world trade unity, Two huge meet- Star Casino and Central Opera House for Tuesday, Nov. 17, to house the snormoys. throng which is awaiting Purcell’s appearance. of world trade union unity out very ably. up a. statement issued recently. He says in, part: 4 eh ; - ft r shan Sas oe re eT standards of the miners and the ac- chot arouses a great wave of optim-. heralds an early and favorable settle-. (Special to The Daily Worker) r MOSCOW, Noy. 15.—The execut- Mexican embassy in Moscow, adopt- ed a resolution in which it wel- contact between the Red Interna- (Confederacion Regional Obrera a) and accepting the invita- rnational trade | ‘ngs have been arranged here at New Brother Purcell brought the need ‘International Capitalism. Last ae" oth doubt for a moment, coal owners on the already starvation companying attacks on the railway- men, the engineers and the woo! ‘extile operatives. “Abroad we see everywhere’ the rayest crisis in the mining industry, vith pits closing down, miners being lismissed wholesale, and threats of wage reductionsthis is true of France, Belgium, Germany and America. In Belgium also there is a national 3trike in the metal industry, while »ver a hundred thousand German juilders are either on strike or locker out. Danger of War. “Tt is the danger of war, together with that other great issue—the 3ight-hour day~——-which literally force internationalism upon us. I know that some comrades in our movement are apt to decry the attention that is now being paid to international questions. But my recent experiences in the Forest of Dean have opened my eyes to the growing healthy demand among the workers themselves for informa- tion about the international move- ment, and about our brothers in Russia in particular. “There is only one solution to the machine in the Furriers’ Inter fis crawling before the power of the left wing and pro bloc. including the use of a sham Cingvans to divide the eppenton: by withdrawing the machine’s report against the New York board, and putting thru a compromise motion, but the left progressives rallied their forces and defeated Fonte Bening in he Saturday session. The last two days’ sessions were one continuous round of excitement. The Kaufman machine was desperate in the face of the left wing progress- ive bloc, which rules the New York Joint Board and whose dominant in- fluence controls the Furriers’ conven- tion, changing their tactics from one of war to one of peace in carrying out a game of diplomacy, to which weak- ness the Kaufman machine reacted in a last m grensite. orces by withdrawing the report board and making a peace proposal, ‘justifying the International for “up- holding the constitition” but exoner- ating the Joint Board from those vio- lations which were alleged grounds for war. against it by the machine. Several of. the “progressive” bloc., Winick and Woll among others, voted’ with the machine for, this comprom- ise, and others, among them Sorkin, abstained from voting, enabling the proposal to carry by 37 to 28, with eleven abstaining. The telegram purported to have been sent by the Workers (Commun- ist)..Party to. William W. Weinstone, who is~ reporting the convention for The DAILY WORKER. It was alleged to advise the left wing regarding the new general executive board, whom | sowf@ontinued on page 2) a = ~ . By WILLIAM W. WEINSTONE. . (Special to The Daily Worker) BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 15.—The reactionary Morris haute nal Union special co cy Kaufman has employed every trick to retain a Kaufman succeeded Friday in his maneuvers to some « <. Counter Maneuver. [RUSSIAN WORKERS : RECEIVE 10.10.20 PCT. | INCREASE IN WAGES (Special to The Daily Worker) Moscow, Nov. 15—In consequence of the general betterment of the economic situation of the Soviet union, wages in almost of industry will be increased by - from 10 to 20 per cent. Thig will come into force with the new col- lective agreements which are at. present being negotiated. Today the collective agreement of the wood workers gave them an incrasse of 12 per cent in wages and the wie ment of the building workers crease of 15 per cent. Refuse to Postpone Miners’ Convention By A Worker Correspondent DOWELL, Ill, Nov... 15.-—Laoecal miners balked efforts of the Farring- ton machine to postpone the district convention by voting against the re- solution when it came up at this week's meeting of Local 3703, Union Mine Workers of America, lute effort to divide the pro- condemning the New York problem of war, just as there is only one way to secure a universal eight- | hour-day, to say nothing of the six- | hour day that may be possible when ors. That way is the positive militant International unity ef- the organized ‘vorking class, consciously directed to he overthrow of capitalism. In that ay alone can we defend ourselves gainst capitalism’s present world of- fensive.” Rob Cradle and Grave to Pile Up Wealth of Those Who Never Work NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—Capitalist papers are making much of the fact that grandmother Groves, 93, and a resident of west Texas, is one of the most competent cotton pickers in the south. Not to be outdone, Alabama boasts of a boy of 5 who is said to be a crackerjack in filling the bag. The cradle and the grave are robbed that wealth may pile up for the idle rich, Prosperity of Cal Overlooked Miners’ Families in Ohio COLUMBUS, O.—(FP)—Ohio trade unionists are urged to rush clothing and stipplies to the miner families of Hocking Valley and Pomeroy. Shoes for women and ¢Hildren are particular- industry is controlled by the work- | hg of emphasizing WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO ANYTHING You SAY SCHOOL ' Human automatons whose slogan is: “The greatest stupidity of the greatest number.” The Constitution and American Education Wee Today marks the beginning of “Educational Week.” Each day ol this week is observed in the schools, churches and other institutions for the purpose of emphasizing some particular delusion employed -by the capitalist class to hold the workers in ignorance and fear. For eachaday of this week there have been planned thousands of new assaults upen: the minds of the workers and their children by the slimy crew of pen prosti- tutes whose mission it is to try to make the working class believe the thoughts the ruling class wants us to believe. To express our deep resent- ment and utter contempt for everything revered by the capitalist class and its government we rip asunder the veil of lies and expose the class character of the governmental propaganda during this week. The first day being “Constitution Day’ we expose some facts regarding that docu- ment. 2 * + . By H. M. WICKS. is appropriate that the first day | People who revere it know nothing of educational week for the purpose | about it. the To knew the facts about illusions of the | the constitution and its purposes is capitalist class should be devoted to | to hold it in contempt as one of the ly in demand the United States constitution. It the cloak beneath which Class of this country perpetrates eve- ry bestiality tpon the working class. | It is the bulwark of class rule. Within its confines permanent benefit for the working class can ever be realized. It is more frequently referred to in patriotic eulogy than any other docu- ment and it is less understood. Most is | | foulest the ruling| ever concocted. for pieces of designed despotism It is utilized by the capitalist class . every reactionary legislative. military or judicial act against the workers: Injunctions aimed to crush organized labor are prepared by ex- pert constitutional lawyers.’ Child (Continued on page 6)
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Sith, % > : - ne aa La rons Lis en _ Battle Is Raging Near Damascus (Special to Fhe Dally Worker) BEIRUT, Syria, Nov. 15. — Druse tribesmen.and Syrians launched a concerted offensive under cover of darkness last night, to evade the bombs from the French planes, and succeeded in routing-the French forc- "J x of, es, driving them back toward Damas- cus and today the battle is raging near that city, with the lines so close together that in many places hand to + hand fighting ensues. Airplanes are helpless, as they fear dropping of bombs will kill their own forces. In this sort of close fighting one rebel is superior to three Frenchmen, because of their amazing physical strength. Rebels Hold Town. Already Bashey, Hazba and other villages between Damascus and Sidon are in the hands of the rebels, the French forces having retreated before the fire. . As soon as the rebels approach a town or Village the population en- deavors to join their ranks in the struggle against’ the imperialist butchers. . Near-Death Helps Miners to Observe Noted “‘Peace”’ Day (By R. M., Worker Correspondent) WHEELING, W. Va. (By mail).— Evidently none of the capitalists in northern West Virginia deemed ar- mistice day of sufficient importance to cease operations and give their slaves a holiday for services rendered during the last world war. All the plants, mines, etc., were in full opera- tion. Nothing of any consequence took place to commemorate the _ event. Even though the kept press did its best to print sentimental articles about the significance of the day, the workers are too wise any more to swallow this. No one took it seri- ously. However, -an event occurred down at Moundsville, W. Va., just 12 miles below this city, which very fittingly commemorated the day that was sup- posed to have, brought peace to the world. A Greek miner at a 100% scab mine, the First Street Coal Mine, was seriously injured under a heavy fall of stone. The perfectly safe con- ditions of the scab mines are assert- ing themselves as usual at the work- ers’ expense. Gold Dust Twins Did the Work; Resulting in $987,224 Profits The world renowned Gold Dust Twins are gold miners for the benefit of their stockholders. For the year ended Aug. 31, 1925, they turned over a profit of $987,224, representing toll on the dishwashing of a nation. This means a return of $3.73 a share or about 15% on the no-par common stock valued at about $25 a share. | faa Fa ‘7. THE’ D ° ‘ we) he [ td'Save Kaufman Machine | (Continued from page 1) i ‘to work for and the attitude to be adopted toward the Sorkin progress- ive group. Kaufman in Demagogic Speech. Kaufman, who closed the debate on the report after an entire day’s dis- cussion in which the left wing contin- ued its bombardment of the reaction- ary policies, delivered a demagogic speech and ended with the “exposure” of the alleged telegram. Ben Gold of the left wing opposed the introduction of the substitute mo- tion, well understanding the trick of the Kaufman machine and lost by only one vote, 34 to 35. After the vote the machine rushed for adjournment, refusing to recog- nize Gold’s motion proposing an in- terpretation of Kaufman’s motion and declaring for co-operation with the New York Joint Board, but the chair- man ruled Gold’s motion out arbit- rarily. “Socialist” London on Platform. Meyer London, who has been ad- viser to the machine, and who sits next to President Kaufman, was challenged to leave his place and go take his proper place in the audience, but the Kaufman machine, which -brought up the Communists as the “controlling body” refused to yield to the charge of socialist interference. As soon as the substitute proposal carried, London changed his attitude of “impartial interest” and threat- ened with clenched fist to strike left wing delegates. The Kaufman ma- chine felt it had carried off the vic- tory for the day and won the ground it lost during Thursday’s battle, whe» the lefts came out with flying colors in the exposure of the rottenhess and reaction of the machine. Saturday’s session cut short this victory. The progressives who voted with the machine on the sham pro- position, and those who abstained, realized their untenable position be- fore the membership of New York, who would regard this as a betrayal and they returned to give war to re- verse entirely the action of Friday night. The progressives introduced a re- solution declaring that the New York board had cleaned out corruption, fought against suspensions and the reign of terror amd had built up the union. The resolution instructed the incoming executive board to co-oper- ate fully with the New York board. Kaufman’s machine which, in its dread of overthrowal, had built a Chinese wall of constitutional regu- lations making it impossible to get any change without an overwhelming majority or even unanimous approval, fell back upon every loophole to get fout of the situation. The lefts. and. progressives stood their ground. The dppeal Was not accepted despite parliamentary pro- cedure. Gold, who led the fight was blocked by sheer high-handedness of the chairman who refused absolutely to accept the resolution, but wished only to force a vote on a motion to reconsider, which would require a two-third majority. The lefts and progressives argued that the action Friday was illegal on the ground that the substitute was in- troduced as a resolution after Thurs- day’s resolution could be introduced and which would require unanimous consent—which it did not receive be- cause of the left wing delegate Schneider’s objections. This was the ruling of Kaufman on the new resolution which lefts ar- gued applies also to Friday night’s resolution and made it illegal. The chairman then tried to rush Coal Barons Like Long Strike (Continued from page 1) ing more than the miners in this strike.” There is evident a distinct tendency in some sections to speak more’ bitterly of the union officials than of the operators and this is the best proof possible of the disastrous effects of the non-working class atti- tude adopted by the union o The strikers are confused, t idle when they might be working;the officials have not driven home the Class issues in the struggle. On the contrary, their every act and utter- ance in the anthracite field is a ne- gation of the class struggle. Even the few strike meetings which have been held have been “public” meet- ings attended by business men and local officials as well as miners. It is the old story of a “community” un- dertaking which under the pressure of the big capitalists and their propa- ganda machine becomes a planless protest causing endless bickering and dissension among the workers them- selves. All thru the anthracite fields the Red Cross, the Salvation Army and the Y. M. C. A. are conducting financ- ial and membership drives The union officials support these drives because they are “American.” In a moving picture show last night, a union offi- cial. delivered a four-minute speech in behalf of the Red Cross. The Y. M. C. A. records an increase of 350 mem- bers in a three-day drive in this lit- tle city of 20,000. This support of every one of these leach-like organ- izations of American capitalism is supposed to result in building up fa- vorable “public sentiment.” So far this sentingent is not inimi- cal to the miners but this condition is due to the fact that the business. men still think ‘that the miners will win. But the local babbittry is getting local sheet has the following com- ment: it is time for pressure to be ex- erted by municipalities thruout the anthracite region to bring the min- ing suspension to an end. We would Suggest action by councils and school boards, by civic and frater- nal organizations, and.by the unani- 'trous action of business men. None |__of these things will have the im- mediate effect of bringing the sus- pension to an end, but if all act in conjunction, WITHOUT TAKING SIDES TO AN EXTENT THAT WILL ANTAGONIZE, weight of this concerted action will be no small factor in restoring prosperity and happiness to our region. (Em- phasis mine, W. F. D.) The business element does not want to take sides as yet, but as the strike continues, the miners find that their middle class “friends” in- spite of the negation of the class struggle by the officialdom, are be- coming more and more critical of the union and the strikers. The churches are beginning to de- mand “peace” and a cessation of the “un-christian” warfare, and in Potts- ville there are 14 churches large enough to have their pictures in the Saturday edition of The Pottsville Republican with about a dozen more of lesser importance. The churches have the check-off if the union doesn’t. When the clerics need dough they solicit the miners. Those who are religiously inclined give the parson an order on the coal company and the operators obligingly check the donation off the miners’ pay. As has been said, this is an Ameri- can strike in an American community nervous. Business is not good. The altho the miners are mostly of foreign birth and descent, ec Asc as Bf the roll call, but could not proceed, lelegates refusing to allow it. Gold lemanded the right to appeal against the chair’s ruling, but the later would not allow it, knowing he could not be supported. Motion of delegates to adjorn was not allowed. Time for lunch recess arrived and yet he would not allow adjournment, all the time advised by London. Finally he was forced by delegates who would not allow the railroading, of their resolution. The afternoon session opened with similar attempts to proceed and a similar attempt at railroading, but the machine could not succeed and was compelled finally to yield to an appeal made by Gold and was defeat- ed forty to thirty. Some of Kauf- man’s own delegates being unwilling to stand for his autocracy. Again, however, Kaufman attempt- ed to put through steamroller tactics. Six. o’clock was approaching when timg for final adjournment of the convention was to take place. He tried to rally out of town delegates to force the lefts to yield. Every move was countered by the lefts. Sensing the determination of the lefts and progressives Kaufman proposed an interpretation of Friday's resolution, that it meant liquidation of the fight and cooperation with the Joint Board, no recriminations for the past struggles, etc. The machine was beginning again to crawl. Still the lefts did not yield, proposing that both resolutions be sent to committee for immediate decision, and this the machine was compelled to do under pressure of out of town delegates who were grow- ing impatient with Kaufman’s ob- structive tactics. The committee brot in a unanim- ous decision declaring the Joint Board had fought against violation of demo- cratic principles, membership suspen- sions, and that under chaotic condi- tions created in the organization by the former administration, not all con- stitutional interpretations had been lived up to by the lefts and pro- gressives. It pledged support to the Joint Board and Friday’s action was interpreted as liquidation of the struggle against the Joint Board con- ducted by the reactionaries. In effort to take defeat gracefully, and keep up appearances, the Kauf- manites seconded the resolution and it was carried unanimously: The lefts and progressives recovered the ground. The smile of satisfaction was missing from the machine polit- icians’ wily faces on Friday, after this day’s exciting battle, Proves Telegram Forgery. The falsity of the fake telegram Kaufman tried to use to retain his power by splitting the left bloc was /proven by the following reply to the inquiry sent the Chicago headquarters of the Workers (Communist) Party concerning the supposed telegram in- troduced as an “exposure.” The gen- eral secretary, C. E. Ruthenberg wired as follows: “The Workers (Communist) Party in this statement does not abandon the right to advise its members re- garding policies pursued by them in shop organization, but issues its cate- gorical denial of sending the alleged telegram, the use of which shows up the machine as the unscrupulous clique resorting to every device to maintain power.” The convention will adjourn Mon- day night. Sunday’s session is de- voted to committee meetings all day. Polish Politicals Go on a Hunger-Strike MOSCOW, Nov. 15.—In the Lublin prison (so-called castle) a hunger strike broke out, as a protest on the part of 53 political prisoners against the thrashing of their comrades which occurred one of the last days. At the same time news come about a hunger strike of protest by 20 pol- itical prisoners in the Kobrin prison (near Brest-Litovsk). | Textile Workers Fight | Multiple Loom System Cannery Bosses Organized. NEW YORK, Nov. 15. — Cannery workers should note what their em- ployers are publishing in National Canned Foods Week, another one of America’s advertising weeks. The canning bosses claim $75,000,000 in- vested in the industry and say they are well organized. The meat pack- ers are heavily interested and the American Can Co., a monopoly in its field and branch of the steel trust, Canneries have spread to almost every state. Cannery workers every- where are low paid and without union organization to face these powerful business combines. | Charge Political Prisoners Poisoned. WARSAW, Nov. 15.—The popula- tion of the Polish town Vladimir Vol- inski has been flung into great excite- ment by the news that the political prisoner Waldermar Kraiz has been poisoned in the prison hospital where he lay seriously ill. The doctors re- port states that a jug of milk contain- ing a strong dose of strychnine was given to the prisoner. When that argument begins at lunch time in your shop tomor- row—show them what the DAILY WORKER says about it. again resorted to compromise and jf co-operates closely with the canners. | Taal a died a ea nf att i] ed \ & N a a3 DAY rege: A a, Tea. +t 4 , a ‘ ; 5 : i ‘ os ' = Y 4 ' . ; | . a » "ad iy 3! ed at Meeting Members of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers, representative of various shops, w re holding a Bt oane of resist- conference to disc ing wage cuts now Ge under the guise q were set upon Sund gangsters of the A. 6, ° adjustments,” f morning by CL W. officialdom in the Biltmore i+ Division and Hoyne streets, and _a terrific bat- tle, in which many were badly beaten, those who remained in the hall were arrested by the police who opportune- ly could not get hands on any of the gangsters. The meeting had not started and only some 50 workers, mostly women, were waiting the’ ari when abo'it eightwaligsters in a close oup, _ 9 GE Local 39, an old hand at this b entered with drawn revolvers ied the work- ers up along the wail % true bandit style, But the union : were not after the few pennies in the pockets of the workers. Inks , they pro- ceeded to attempt to beat them up with -blackjacks, one by one. This of course, led to battle, the workers fighting with chairs @fd every avail- able weapon, altho mostly being wo- men, the gangsters’ weapons were too much for them. Yet the hall became a fierce battleground. screams, smashing furniture and windows mingled with blows right and left and the turmoil of struggle continued for about .20 minutes, Nor did the gangsters get away un- scathed, chairs were” u with tell- ing effect by the workérs' who fought bravely and well with impromptu weapons against blackjacks, knucks and revolvers. the hour of going to press. ; The police, who were blind to the gangsters, arrived on the scene with [three or four wagons rounded up the victims of the attack, waiting for the injured to finish ,aid treatment being given by. a do “in the build- ing, and carried.all workers they could lay hands on off to the Humboldt sta- tion at Oakley and North avenue. Fascists in Chicago. The Italian fascists; who have just smashed the bonafide’trade unions in Italy, made an American appearance in Chicago armistice day when a num- ber in regulation black shirts attended a dance at the Au@itorium Hotel. They had been with the anti-labor dic- tator Mussolini when he seized the city of Rome in 1922. From an ad- dress by M. Lauro it became evident that there is an organized fascist movement in lillinois of which Lauro is president. HELP SAVE THE DAILY WORKER! | WAR VETERANS HEAD DENOUNCES SENTENCE IMPOSED ON GITLOW (Special to The Daily Worker) MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov, 15— In a statement to the press today Emil Holmes, national’ president World War Veterans protests the sending to prison of Ben Gitlow, Communist, of New York and recent céndidate for mayor. Mr. Holmes Said: “According to a law recently en- acted by the fascisti of Italy it is a crime punishable by deportation or Prison, to be a Mason or an Odd Fel- low. Today we have seen Ben Git- low of New York and recently a candidate for mayor of that city sent to prison for a long term be- cause he is a Commynist. This sim- larity of tactics by the Al. Smith- Tammany Hall organization seems sufficient cause to ask if they stand for a fascist dictatorship in Amer- ica, Mr. Gitlow was not sent to prison for crime as we usually understand that word. He is only guilty of be- ing a candidate for office and for being an outspoken opponent of the present administration. Like the Mason or Odd Fellow over in Italy he had a different conception of what was right and wrong than the people in political power and the result here in New York City. U. : S. A; is a term in prison. Veterans’ _ organizations should write and wire protests of this American dictator- ship to their members of both houses of congress as well as to President ” RPS , _ Coolidge. “if ae ai carried out; al of others, d Arouse By J. LOUIS Se Oy ob World’s Workers| ENGDAHL. "TODAY, Vincent Sheean, the special ‘correspondent of the — North American Newspaper Alliance with the Riff armies in North Africa, appears in the list of apologists for the Am- erican aviator-adventurers who have been bombing defense- less villages, and murdering helpless old men, women and children. | Sheean claims these mercenaries, picked up in Paris, didn’t know the kind of butchery they were doing; that they were attacking fortified cities. twisted capita tally diseased vie It must take a peculiarly newspaper mind to pass thus on this men- oint of a sordid business. Yet Sheean convicts not only himself, but the American “Hessian” avia- tors, thru his own reports. > a This is the story of Sheshuan, a little Arab city of 12,000 to 15,000 inhabitants, nestli character of its inhabitants. between two mountains. The city is famous in Morocco for the Until 1920 they had bee der the heel of Spanish occupation. aceful and religious n un- Later they had been \ won for the cause that Adb-el-Krim champions.: “But,” in the admission of Sheean, “it (Sheshuan) has never had, and has not now, any other military significance,” except that it is a telephone center for the R ians. The pop- ulation is non-combatant—“women, children, old men, Jews, holy men and scribes.” Yes, there was also a hospital, “the only fairly decent center for the treatment of wounded in the entire kingdom of Abd-el-Krim.” _~ Add to th the fact that the city has no garrison and as Sheean admits, “the total number of Riffians never exceeds 15 or 20 ateone time.” The head of the city is an aged, in- firm native who never leaves his bed; while next to him in authority is an invalid, Caid Haddu, 60 years old. o . To attack this unprotected city was the bloody work al- lotted to the “brave and courageous American,” adventure in this colonial war of French imperialism. looking for In discussing the motives of these ugly spawn of an American parasite class—it is claimed ot all have independent in- comes—the Riffian leader, Abd-e “You say they are young fliers looking for adventure. Krim, said: If they want adventure, why don’t they volunteer to work the guillotine for the French? There’s just as much adventure working the guillotine or hang- - ing condemned prisoners, as in dropping bombs on defenseless vil- Then Sheean, who spent some time in Sheshuan, con- tinues the revolting story: | “On their first day they (the Americans—Major Pollock, Captain Mus- tain, Captain Bullen and Lieutenant Ferran—remember their names) killed two women, one Jew and one young man. In the first raid which | experienced there, they killed three women and one child. -» “When I left Sheshuan, after 10 days spent there with malarial fever, the American raids killed quite a few people—! have heard the number yestimated at 150 to 200. The dead were qxclusively non-combatants. . . It so happened that these raids never came when Riff troops weré if” ” Sheshuan.” ° . Then Sheean tells of meeting these American butchers of men and women and children in the Hotel Cecil in Tan- giers. They had again bombarded Sheshuan that morning, “flying exceedingly low and releasing. more than 30 bombs over the city,” then proceeding to Tetuan for lunch with the Spanish officers, and later to the “international zone” in Tan- gier for dinner. Sheean makes this comment: “If they flew low enough to see the water play in the fountain in the public square—Captain Mustain did fly that low—they flew low enough to do enormous damage. “While they were tranquilly lunching in Tetuan as the guests of the Spanish. . . little Arab children were wandering tearfully thru the ruins of their houses, looking for their dead mothers. . . Adb-el-Krim’s few officials were no doubt grimly superintending the removal of the mangled remains of women, children and peaceable old men.” it is upon such butchers as these that the American rul- ing class depends when it seeks officers for its “state cos- sacks,” as in the Pennsylvania coal fields, or “leaders” for the state militia and federal troops when they are sent into strike zones. These murder scenes in Morocco may be trans- planted to this country at any time, as they have been dupli- cated in past great industrial stru That is a moderate picture of imperialism going its bloody work. It is drawn les. about by one of imperialism’s chief apologists—the prostituted news writer. Yet it gives an inkling of why the peaceful men of Sheshuan have joined the fighting columns of Abd-el-Krim, wh North Africa and the Near East flames against the profit rule of France, Spain, England, the United States and other capitalist lands. When American workers feel wet blood upon the hands of their exploiters in this country, gripping at their throats in the effort to crush and keep them in submission, they must know it is the same murder hand of in Africa, Asia, South America profiteers that scatters death and everywhere else that dis- content offers resistance. Out of this common agency grows the adamant solidarity of the industrial workers and poor farmers of the great capitalist countries with the oppressed peoples in the colonies and the subject nations. It is the sol- idarity that will finally triumph and bring the new day into the world. —_ Dutch Cabinet Falls. THE HAGUE, Nov. 15—The cabinet in Holland has fallen following the resignation of four catholic ministers, when it was decided to withdraw the Dutch legation from the Vatican. The catholic ministers resigned the early part of the week, which eventually brot about the downfall of the pres- ent cabinet. Mine Striker Killed by Train. BUFFALO, N. Y., (FP)—Nov. 15.— A man bearing a United Mine Work- ers’ Union card with the name of Jacob Mesko, was found dead beside New York Central tracks. The young man was apparently killed by a train and must have been a striking an- thracite miner from Scranton, Pa., judging from cards in his pocket. Build the DAILY WORKER. | Dry Dock Moves to Open Shop Paradise —_—_—--—-- -— NEW ORLEANS—(FP)—Attracted to New Orleans by the possibility of cheap docile labor the Todd Engi- neering Dry Dock & Ship Repair Co. of New York will locate here with a payroll of 1,400 men. . e Jury Gives Life Sentence - to Grand Dragon (Special to The Daily Worker) NOBLESVILLE, Ind., Nov. 15.—D. C. Stephenson, grand dragon of the ku klux klan, chief adviser to Govern- or Jackson, and proved to be a de- generate of the lowest type (a typical klansman) was convicted here last night of the murder of Miss Madge Oberholtzer. The conviction carries a sentence of life imprisonment. . The jury was out five and a half hours and when the gong sounded in- dicating it had reached a decision the courtroom. was immediately’ filled. Stephenson and his two comp ns, Earl Gentry and Earl Kilnck re life of Stephenson, finding him guilty of second degree murder and freed the other two defendants. " Revolting Crime. eg ‘The crime for which Stephenson was convicted was one of the most revolting in criminal annals. . Less than a week after he met the girl whom he eventually murdered, he kid- naped her, seduced her, bruised her body with sadistic assaults and in every repulsive manner satisfied his perverted lust. The girl, to escape life by swallowing poisan, Stephen- son and his companions held her pri- soner in a garage for several days, then when they thought she was in a dying condition brought her to her home. She recovered from the effects of the poison, but died from infected wounds as the result of Stephenson's teeth bites upon various parts of her body. Famous As Kliuxer. Stephenson was the most promin- ent member of the ku klux klan in Indiana and Ohio and played an im- portant part in the election of Govern- or Ed. Jackson of that state. He or- ganized the klan in both states which he dominated ag the “ dragon.” Thru control of the er degene- rates of his type who make up the membership of the ku klux klan, this monster openly boasted that in Indiana he was the law. He main- ‘tained an establishmeft where nightly debauches of the most out- rageous character were held. The profligacy of the klan leaders became common. knowledge, but in spite of }having seduced m | | women in the vicinity | from prosecution, owing to the ence of the hooded order. It was on- ly after the foul murder of Miss Oberholtzer that action was reluct- antly taken again him.” The second degree murder verdict is unquestionably due to klan influ- ence. Had there been one possible loophole there would have been no conviction, but the evidence was so overwhelming that some sort of ver- dict of guilty was the only solution. Leers at Jury. When the verdict was read Steph- enson leered at the jury and made a move toward them. It was. learn- ed that a dozen ballots were taken on Klinck and Gentry, but never was there any doubt as to Stephenson’s ‘guilt. People here are of the opinion that the ku klux governor, Jackson, will find an excuse to pordon the degen- erate before very long. : Papal Agents to Resign from Cabinet If Dutch | Legation Leaves Rome THE HAGUE, Nov. 15.-+~ Holland faced a cabinet crisis in the resigna- tion of four catholic ministers from Premier Colijn’s cabinet, following the adoption by the second chamber of an amendment to the budget call- ing for the withdrawal of the Dutch legation at the vatican. How Much Profit Did Your Boss Take from You for the Casino? DEAUVILLE, France, Nov. 15.— Now that the Americans have re- turned home the Casino is counting its profits. The annual statement shows that bacotrat made 32,325,107 francs for the Casino, approximately two million dollars. This is an in- crease of 4,913,159 over last year's profits. Veto Naval Construction. TOKIO, Nov. 15.— Japan’s parlia- ment defeated the navy’s attempt to obtain a huge appropriation for new construction. SEGRETARIES siting risnts able to present totalling the minimum number of to second class mail. Please send in your orders for bundles of the LABOR | ) * DEFENDER, which will be off the press before the ' t : end of this month, We are applying for second class Rush your order at once by wire or special delivery to the Business Manager, LABOR DEFENDER, 23 South Lincoln Street, Chicago, Ill. Bundle rates are seven cents per copy. To secure this privilege we must be the post-office officials with orders copies which entitles a publication + Re ee brought in. The verdict saved the | the fiendish torture, tried to end her A
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| nw etioiing 4: ths heh ahd die 8 tary of the Progressive Miners’ daasiaas sider: tae dhe eau ee ee gle as a whole. The present article is a telling indictmen istration of John L. Lewis, whose very words are used to illustrate his treachery. Reid, a miner for 29 years and thoroly acquainted with the ' subject, handles it in the most able manner. By ALEX REID : Seoretary Progressive Miners’ Committee. ARTICLE XIil. - We come now to the progressive miners’ demand for national- ization of mines with workers’ control. It is only a matter of five years ago, that the miners in their international convention indorsed the membership’s demand for pie cary eag ho ayo bya lAgerllea g and elected a to gather data in connection with the same, and to 88 sd yp to be introduced in congress, for nationalization of mines and further pledged themselves to launch a drive thruout the country for support. No one at that convention ever the scene of wild enhusiasm, “We declare for the nationaliza- tion and democratic management of all the coal mines in the United a , The scene at that time in the con- vention was ins . John Lewis pn pe amar, Ang He knew the miners were fighting for nation- alisation, and the demonstration for that program was unmistakable and unanimous. mon interest? himself with his Clase collaboration machine. A common interest. With whom have we a common interest? Such bunk as virtually enslaved miners having a common interest with the millionaire mine owners is ridiculous. This common interest-class colla- boration policy of Lewis’ has resulted in the wrecking of the union and de- creasing the miners’ wages thruout America, Nova Scotia, Alberta, Waseh- ington, Colorado, Wyoming, all the states in the southwest, and most of them in the east are today working under decreases direct or indirect as a result of this “common interest” policy. A Common Enslavement. When this policy was breaking up the union and further reducing the vir- tually enslaved miners, John L. Lewis stood. by and refused to call a nation- al strike and protect the enslaved, thereby aiding the common interests in the enslavement. Nationalization of the miners is a partial solution for the situation in the mining industry of this country HOT AFTER ANTHRACITE EAGE'—AND PROFITS SCRANTON, Pa., Nov. 15.—Altho efforts of Governor Pinchot to bring about a conference between the two factions In the anthracite coal strike have apparently not yet met with immediate success, business men in the hard coal regions today con- tinued to work for peace between the miners and operators. A oommittee was Instructed to do all in their power to end the strike following a meeting here of thirty representatives of business men. The strike has seriously affected business in the anthracite region, according to merchants, and will go a long way towards rem- edying the evils which we have enu- merated here. The present strike is not dealing with fundamental causes, and ite settlement will settle practic- ally nothing. Private Ownership’s Result. The same conditions will prevail af- ter its settlement, and continue as long a8 the mines are privately own- ed and operated for private interests. |Other strikes of the same character ‘ will follow, with the same suffering, chaos, starvation and despair. The progressive miners will con- tinue to fight for nationalization with workers’ control, and will continue to fight the eninge: until vistors is achiéved. The miners at ‘thas dniveantion. and at many more since and before that convention, where they discussed na- tionalization of the mines, pointed out the fact that nationalization was a political question, and that it was nec- essary for them to use their power to establish a political party in the fur- therance of nationalization. Officials Opposed Labor Party. Accordingly, the miners have intro- duced resolutions at practically all their conventions endorsing, and de- manding the formation of a _ labor party, and instructing their officials _|to work for that party. The officials of the union instead Of working for a labor party, have never lost ane opportunity to work against it, and in the last election we saw John L. Lewis, acting as campaign committeeman for Coolidge on the re- publican party, while Farrington }worked for the republican party in Illinois, and Green for the Wall Street candidate, Davis, on the democratic ticket. Cappellini Turns His Coat. The progressive miners have con- tinuously worked for a labor party, and in the last tri-district convention were successful in having a resolu- tion adopted indorsing the labor party. However, we find Cappellini president of District 1, of the United! Mine Workers in Scranton, a few days ago at a meeting of the so-called constitutional educational league Fre- pudiating a labor party and all in connection with it. The mine workers will continue to fight for a labor party, composed of! labor unions and like organizations of workers, on a program of immediate march to victory in spite of al] the republicans, democrats, Gregns, Lew- ises, Farringtons, and jailg in Amer- ica. MUSSOLINI RELEASES FASCIST CRIMINALS UNDER GUISE OF AMNESTY FOR JAILED. WORKERS ROMB, Nov. 15.—The recent splurge in the American and Buropean press about the release of 15,000 prisoners from Italian jails, which was heralded by many of the “liberals” as a change of heart of the fascist dictator, Musso- lini, and an end to the fascist reprisalg an the workers, is given the lie by the following facts and figures gathered by the Italian section of the Inter- national Red Ald: + In the whole of Italy the following sentenced workers were released: In Piemonte, 79; Lombardia, 160; Veneto, 88; Ven, Giu),, 10; Ven, Trid., 15; Liguria, 131; Emilia, 150; Tesca- na, 840; Marche, 73; Umbria, 47; La sio, 63; Abruzzi, 27; Camvpania, 80; Puglia, 281; Basilicata, 4; Calabria, 39; Sicilia, 40; Bardegna, 8; making oners only 1,606 were workers, who had been put to prison under some pretext because of their opposition to the fascist dictatorship. All the others amnestied were fascist thieves, in- cendiaries and murderers, that had been given light sentences. Very few of the amnestied workers : reached their homes as fasciat bands Jaid in concrete demands, and will eventually}: a total of 1,606, wait for rearrested them and Thue of the 16,000-amnestied pri | now many have to stand trial again, _ : ' 3 asin , ‘trial work at night, THE FRENCH “CIVILI At LY WORKER ee, rere en ee = oe ION” IN DAMASCUS: The upper scene shows how French Iimperialtiem fe exerting her “civilizing” force on ancient Damascus. rulns are thexremains of buildings that were in-the Moslem section. Senegalese troops behind a street Sareteenerer: up by the French to harass the natives that still remain in the city. The lower picture shows a French officer and These DICK FORD WILL FACE TRIAL FOR MURDER DEC. 1 Hostile Joins Busick to Try Case CHICAGO—(FP)—The General De- fense committee reports that Blackie Ford, the Wheatland hop fields organ- izer, will have to stand trial before the bitterest anti-I. W. W. judge in California. Ford .was rearrested on! leaving Folsom prison on parole after serving over 10 years of a life sen- tence for murder though he had no share in the slaying of mob leaders who carried police commissions and shot into a meeting of the strikers with their wives and children. He will be now tried for the killing of the second of the two attackers. The judge who was to have jurisdiction disqualified himself by publicly say- ing that Ford should have been hang- ed. Gov. Richardson then appointed Judge Busick of Sacramento who has distinguished himself by an injunction making it contempt of court to be- long to the Il. W. W. in California. The trial is set for Dec. 1. Hebrew Printers Get a Record Wage Scale NEW YORK—(FP)— Two weeks vacation with pay and wage increases feature the gains by the newspaper branch of Hebrew-American Typo- graphical Union 83, affiliated with the International Typographical Union. The wage increases are spread over five years, with a dollar now, and an annual increase of $1.50 a week for the four years thereafter, bringing the | weekly rate finally to $72. Hours remain six for day work and | four and a half for nights. The Heb- | rew-American printers wave shorter | work days than any printers in Amer- | ica. They have jurisdiction over the New York Jewish papers composing | rooms. Even Proportional Representation Is Little Aid to S. P.| CLEVELAND—(FP)—Proportional representation failed to prove the | open sesame to the city council so far as Cleveland’s progressive labor candidates were concerned. Five pro- | gressives failed to get any “nearer the council than under the old system. In Dayton Willard Barringer, Social- | ist, received 3,033 votes for council, but failing of election. Thomas Devine, Toledo Socialist, placed third in the mayoralty contest. —— + Chiid Labor Lawe Paesed. WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 15— Chile and the Irish Free State have ratified several of the child labor draft conventions of the international labor conference the U. S. department of labor, children’s bureau, reports. Chile {# the first Latin-American country to ratify, The conventions provide, among other things, that no ohild under 14 shall enter industry and that no child under 18 shall do indus- SY AN COMMUNIST PARTY GREETS AMERICAN NEGRO LABOR CONGRESS ong the many communications of greeting that the American Negro Labor Congress, which recently held its sessions in Chicago, received was the following from the Communist Party of Syria, which has its headquarters in Damascus, which was recently the scene of a savage assault of French troops on the Moslem section of the city where thousands of Syrians were brutally murdered: + “To the American Negro Labor Con- gress, Chicago. “Dear Comrades: “The Oommeunist Party of sends you fraternal greetings. “The Syrianworkers who are now conducting am unequal struggle against imperialism~ feel more the necessity of a united front 6f ‘all workers world without —— of color or of race. “Your congress, which will lay the basis for a world organization of tens and hundreds of thousands of Negro workers will play a great historic role in the emancipation movement of all the workers from capitalist ex- ploitation. “For the emancipation of the col- onial slaves from the yoke of imper- lalism and capitalism! “Long live the united front of the workers of all colors! “Long live .the Peasants’ Syria Interna; ional (Krestintern) the world organ-' zation of the peasants for emancipa- tion! “Central Committee of the Communist Party of Syria.” West New York Police Arrest Strike Pickets WEST NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—In connection with the strike in the Hill- crest Silk Mills of West New York e number of arrests have been made re cently in spite of the fact that the« strike proceedings have been peaceful thruout. Yesterday two pickets were arrested ‘and Judge Miles issued a statement ‘Saying that no picketing could .be al- lowed anywhere near the plant. A. Weisbord, the organizer of the ‘united front committee of textile | workers, was arrested on a charge of ‘disorderly conduct. From these facts it seems that the textile bosses of West New York are using consider- able pressure in order to defeat the | strikers. News has come to this office that | strikebreakers are being hired for mu- ‘nificent wages and with all. sorts of j}attractions offered them in order to move them to West New York. Only Organization of Labor Can Aid Bakers NEW YORK—(FP)—‘Investigation and congressional action will not help the bakery workers any in their fight for better conditions. Only a thorough organization of the bread trust fac- tories and a powerful union will bring betterment to the bakery workers,” Says the Free Voice, of the Amalga- mated Food Workerg*union. A minimum wage of $30 per week for the lowest paid workers in bake- ries is demanded in New York and New Jersey. Proportionate wages for more skilled workers and strict ob- servance of the 8-hour day are other demands. £\ Your neighbor wil appreciate the DAILY WORKDR, the favor—give him this copy * PY RAE Herm . » U. S. Sailors Proved They Also Resented Jailing of Workers By ART SHIELDS. NEW YORK—(FP)—The stone walls. that..enclose. Moonéy . and. Bil- lings, Sacco and Vanzetti, Rangel and Cline, Ford and Suhr and a host of western wobblies had a chilling effect on the reception Australia gave the American fleet, says Ben Bright, an active spirit in the Australian Sea- men’s union, now visiting New York. Bright was in Sydney when the fleet came and he says the Trades and La- bor assembly’s refusal to participate in any of the greetings and gala af- fairs to the visiting battleship men —because of Uncle Sam’s jailings of union labor—had the effect of a huge chunk of ice. So much so that several sailors got up on union platforms and pleaded that they likewise resented the pers«cution of labor in their home and. It was’ hard on the sailors but hard oo on Australian Babbitry when rorker daughters stepped away from boys in blue on the dancing floor. So newspapers came out plainly with ap- peals for dancing partners for the sailors and they let it be understood between the lines that they were not particular as to the kind of girls,— the main thing was the sex. But it wasn’t much of a success, Adding force to the movement and verhaps furnishing the major reason with the more conservative sections of labor was the general resentment against the warlike gesture involved in the sending of the fleet. Australian Seamen Stand Firm Against the Pound Wage Cut SYDNEY, Australia — (FP) — Al- though every effort has been made by the ship-owners to get crews for the idle British vessels in Australian ports, the ships still remain idle, Only in isolated cases are men going back to work, and those resuming are more than counter-balanced by the crews of other vessels going on strike. Only a mere handful of men have resumed work since the strike started about two months ago, and the total now out on strike number over 6,000. Though no settlement of the dis- pute has been reached, it is under- stood that business interests in Aus- tralia are willing to find enough mo- ney to meet the demands of the sea- men for the journey back to Britain sciemeinapiialldelasiait — MARSHAL PETAIN GITES AMERICAN MERGENARIES FOR ‘DILIGENT SERVICE’ (Special ta The Dally Worker) RABAT, Mocinties Nov. 15—Mar- shal Petain cited the American mer cenarles In Morocco masaacring the Riffians, who are fighting the imper- lallst domination of France for thelr “bravery” and “dilligent perform- ance of duty.” “The airmen,’ Marshal Petain wrote, “dally executed difficult and hazardous missions. In six weeks they executed more than 350 er rands of this nature and dropped more than forty tons of projectiles.” SEAMEN’S LAW TARGET OF THE SHIP OWNERS Don’t Want It, Even If Ineffective WASHINGTON—(FP)—Repeal of all the essential clauses of the La- Follette seamen’s act except the one removing the threat of imprisonment when in a safe harbor, is proposed by the organized shipowners of the Unit- ad States and endorsed by the U. 8S. chamber of commerce, who will hold a joint conference in Washington Nov. 16-17 to frame a bill. Andrew Furuseth, president Intl. Seamen’s Union of America and author of the seamen’s act, describes the coming conference as one de- signed to destroy the American mer- chant marine in order to build up the British merchant marine. This, he adds, has been the object partially attained by the U, S. shipping board under admiral Palmer and his prede- cessors. Among the chief points which the shipowners would repeal are: Require- ment that 65 percent of the deck crew be skilled seamen; that the crew un- derstand the language in which the or- ders are given by the officers; that payment of wages, amounting to half the sum due, shall be made by the master to the seamen on demand in any safe port (thereby enabling the seamen to quit the vessel); that fire- men shall not be compelled to go on deck in wintry weather on the great lakes to work, that crews shall not be taken out on the great lakes after the close of safe navigation. 5 Shoe Manufacturers NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The Ameri- can Shoe Workers’ Protective Union, including many shoe workers of many of the largest shops of the city, is fac- ing a severe struggle with the shoe bosses. The argument between the union and the shoe manufacturers’ board of trade expired on November 1. In- stead of making demands for better wages and better conditions for the workers, the leaders of the union al- lowed the manufacturers to take the offensive. The manufacturers pro- ceeded to demand the right of “hire and fire,” the right to select employ- es of their own choosing during slack periods; the elimination of certain legal holidays from the old agreement and the right to interfere in the or- ganizational matters of the union. The leaders of the American union put for- ward a’meek demand for a return to the old conditions, but the shoe work- ers would not tolerate such weakness. They demanded the immediate repu- diation of the manufacturers’ “terms and all insisted upon their own de- mands. A sentiment is spreading thruout the trade for the amalgamation of the [American union and the protective union, for a 15 per cent increase in wages thruout the trade; for full pay for all holidays; for non-interference by the manufacturers in the internal affairs of the union. The shoe workers are fully aroused and are determined to secure their demands. If you want to thoroughly un- derstand Communism—study it. Assail:- Workers’ Union| fraser gg ages ergy EXPE ERI STUDY INDUSTRY Delegates W ill Visit Various Countries (Special to The Dally Worker) MOSCOW, Nov. 15.—Soviet Russia is preparing to send a commission re presenting the vorious state manu facturing trusts to Germany, France, Czecho-Slovakta, Great Britain, Car- ada and the United States to study industrial development In those coun tries and make arrangements for pur of machinery by Soviet Rus a. The commissions will leave Russia the moment their are granted by the various countries where they intend to visit. The dele gations total between 150 to 200 em perts, the largest ever sent by Russia, who have had long years of ence in the lines of manufacture they ‘intend to study. Doubt is raised as to whether a legation will be able to United States since the Secretary of State Kellogg to the scientist, Abraham Joffe, to enter the United States at the request of the Rockefeller institute, To Inspect Planta, rar rTs.e b tip ate plants in operation to get ideas as ta the latest foreign methods of manwm facture. Oil, rubber, steel, cotton, food, sugar, wool, coal, electricity and metallurgy industries, “The commission is anxious to visit the United States, not only for the purpose of discussing possible terms for purchasing equipment but to ob tain new ideag from personal study of the manufacturing plants,” said a member of the delegation. “Russia fs now in a position where virtually all the industrial establishments are worn out and must be re-equipped entirely. This task, which is stupendous, has just been undertaken by the govern- ment. "TT ) Ter Need New Machines. “With new machinery of the latest types we want to remodel the plants and erect new ones embodying the lat- ést methods of manufacture used in the countries we purpose visiting. These methods and the machinery Consequently the work of the com- mission means more than merely plac- ing orders which are large in them- selves., It commits the government to continued purchases for at least ten years. .22 =~ - _ Importance of Credit. “We realize the reluctance of Ameri- can manufacturers to extend credits. However, the giving of a certain am- ount of credit now means the instal- lation of the manufacturers’ machin- ery and continued orders in the future whenever the machines are worn out, in whole or in part, or additional ma- chines are needed. American manu- facturers should also realize that while American banks refuse to ex- tend them credit to do business in Russia, the same American banks ex- tend credit to German banks, which in turn finance German manufactur- ers doing business on a long-term credit basis here.” Consolidation of the Railroads Is Demanded SACRAMENTO, Cal., Nov. 15.— En- forced consolidation of all railroads in the United States into one system “under such supervision and control of the interstate commerce commis- sion as that body now exercises over the several lines,” was requested in a resolution before the annual conven- tion of the National Grange here. The resolution was introduced by A. S. Goss, master of the Washington State Grange, who declared that “com- petition no Jonger governs the making of rates or establishing of service.” a, POLISH SECRET POLICE BRUTALLY ~ RAID WORKERS’ SECTION IN VILNA majority of the The Polish secret police declare that Communist Party of west others are absolutely partyless. Jewish co-operatives were literally plundered. Many Jewish and White so that the vessels can be taken away from Australia. The men are not likely to accept this offer unless they get a guarantee there will be no vic- timisation when they reach Britain. St. £ cutie Tailors Steadily Winning ST. LOUIS—(FP)-—tThe strike of St. Louls union tailors for the 44-hour week is approaching victory, The strike originally involved 500 workers. Settlements have reduced the number to 90, | Russian teachers and writers, includ- ing many who have absolutely nothing (to do with Communism, are amongst the arrested. The prisoners have been badly mishandled. Arrest Trade Unionists. In Grodno, all the leading trade unionists have been arrested. The Jewish members of parliament have raised the matter in parliament and have demanded an immediate legal inquiry into the happenings, All the Vilna newspapers which published news of the arrests have been confiscated, White Russia, the arrested are members of the Jewish association “Poale Zion” and still The —_ VILNA, Nov. 15.—The working class quarters were surrounded by the military and 600 workers were arrested in the mass arrests in Vilna. The prisoners consists of Jewish and White Russian workers. the arrested men are members of the in actual fact, however, many of According to the latest reports in the neghborhood of Vilna mass ar- rests have taken place amongst the peasantry also. In the district of Maloberestovitz alone over 80 peas- ants have been arrested. Several schools in Vilna and the neighborhood have been closed down as the teachers are under arrest. Government Provocations. From the district of Auninez comes a report that the police agents have been provoking the peasantry by call- ing for the formation of guerilla bands, after which all who fall in any way for the provocation are arrested and brutally maltreated tm Riad polige stations, ~~ ee ie
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Bae = | api dexed and with charts. 2etcr orerera sy vanes ae ? } Sean rt yee ena a i? bY ase « ’ tae . ay » % -. ie aS eate e aR e - ie oe At ton " FEM, a. Se ae oe am p bet er . * 4 ~ % re - Ap “ ‘i - - Pa Ls ; Ps . ; 4 a ss a > 3 r. . J ‘ ts 7 Fy: * mi? a oo . 7 — ie i : _ NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The gen opening of the courses in politics, _ nomics, socialogy, history, ete,, at the °° New York Workers’ School, takes place the last week in. NovemDer. On Monday, November 23, will be- gin: Workers’ Correspondence, in- structor, Joseph Freeman; Marxian Economics, instructor, J. Mindel; His- tory of the American Working Class, instructor, Anton Bimba; History of Revolutions, instructor, Paul Keller; A Course in Elementary English, in- structor to be announced; A Course in Composition, instructor to be an-/ nounced. A course in composiiton is intended @s a preparatory course for the work- ers’ correspondence course and will also deal with the problems of union men, party secretaries, etc., who have to write minutes, communications, simple publicity, and the like. = - (Continued from page 1) minst International, and their united struggle for the party and the Communist International. * al * * THE PARTY’S IMMEDIATE TASKS. HE basis for the unification of the party is a common energetic struggle to carry out the following main tasks Of the party: ENERGETIC support of the bolshevization of the * party thru (1) carrying thru the reorganization of the party on the basis of shop nuclei and street nuclei (interna- tional branches) in the shortest possible time, (2) the or- ganization and mobilization of the ‘membership for work in the trade unions thru a campaign to, have all the members of the party become members of the trade unions and the systematic organization of active trade union fractions (3) an energetic struggle against the right wing and opportunis- tic deviations and as part of this struggle, the development of a systematic Marxist-Leninist education to raise the theo- tee will subject its policies and actions in all fields to con- stant review and criticism. This prerequisite to bolsheviza- tion has not been practiced by the party up till now. On Tuesday, November 24, will be- gin: Modern Literature, instructor, Eli Jacobson; Marxism-Leninism, in- structor, Bert Wolfe; Party History and Problems, instructor, William W. Weinstone; Intermediate English, in- etructor, Sonia Ginsburg; Contempor- ary Drama, instructor to be an- nounced. On Wednesday, November 25, will begin: Two Courses in Trade Union Work, instructor, Bert Miller; an :ad- ditional course in Marxism-Leninism, instructor, Bert Wolfe; The Funda- mentals of Communism, instructor, D. Benjamin; Intermediate English, in- structor, Pauline Rogers; Advanced English, instructor, Eli Jacobson. (Note: The Wednesday courses in Communism, Trade Unionism and Marxism-Leninism, are part of two party training courses.) On Thursday, November 26, will be- gin: American Economic and Poli- tical History, instructor, Alex. Tracht- enberg; The Fundamentals of Lenin- ism (shop nucleus training course), instructor, Jack Stachel; Fundamen- tals of Communism, instructor, Geo. Siskind, Russian Language, instructor, Chramoff. On Friday, November 27, will begin: Public Speaking, instructor, Carl Brodsky; The Living Revolution, (the reflection of the Russian revolution in ~Russian literature), instractor, M. J. Olgin; The Fundamentals of Leninism (shop nucleus training course), in- structor, Jack Stachel; Materialistic Philosophy of Life, instructor, D. Kwitko. On Saturday, November 28, Re- search Course, instructor, Alexander. Trachtenberg. Various. additional courses will be given if registration warrants. Those who find that a course they wish to take is given on a night when they Cannot take it, should communicate at once wit hthe school as various reg- istrations have been received for these same courses for other nights of the week and if sufficient registra- tions are received before opening day additional courses will be started to accomodate those who desire to be given on other nights. The fee for the party training courses and elementary English is $4.00 for three months. The fee for all other courses is $2.50 for threé months. As many of these courses are likely to be overcrowded and as registration will be limited to 25 for each class, those desiring to take the courses should register at once. oe Se ap A CORRECTION. By mistake, the WORKER CORRE-|- SPONDENT news story this week about conditions in. the Raklios and Thompsor restaurants was credited to Jean Perrides instead -of ‘to S. Keller, who sent in the article. __-—. $e ees A good book on Communism will make you a_ better munist. PARTY | =) a Cy - a ~~ Sy D- — — —) = With Introduction by | JAY LOVESTONE. | maraaee A most valuable pamphlet | on the composition of the American Communist movement containing: The letter of the Commun- | ist International on re- organization; the shop nuc- , | lei; the constitution—in- A Communist should not | be without it. 15 Cents. The Daily Worker Pub. Co. | 1113 W. Washington Boulevard, CHICAGO, ILL. i rename aes Com- ; OUR TRADE UNION ACTIVITIES. \ The trade union policy of the party must be funda- mentally revised and our work in this field reorientated accordingly to the line laid down by the Communist Inter- national and the Profintern. Vacillating tactics which oscil- late between opportunism and leftism must be fy oye by sure and confident Leninist tactics which combine firm prin- ciple with the greatest flexibility and adaptibility to concrete hatte The trade, union work of the’party must be uni- ied with the gereraTipolitical work of the party. ~We must make the aim of our. :iprand union work the revolutionizing of the trade unions and the drawing of the organized work- ers into. shay ase against the capitalists as a class. The building of 4 irm and centralized structure of party trade union fractions must be carried on with greater energy and a clear distinction must be made between the party fractions and the general left wing movement. The party must assist the organization of the left wing in the trade unions on a broad basis and aim to combine all the progressive and op- position elements into a bloc. The official name of such a bloc is of secondary importance. The party must not hesi- tate at the measures necessary to prevent the narrowing. down of the organized left wing movement to the Commun- ists and their close sympathizers. THE LABOR PARTY CAMPAIGN. The struggle for a labor party must be again brought to the forefront of the party work and for this -pur- pose the pe must develop a program for 1926 election which will again “mobilize the whole party for a systematic campaign to achieve this purpose. The campaign for the defense of the Soviet Union against imperialism, among the Negro workers, work among the women, must be con- nected with the campaign for a labor party and must serve to créate the sentiment for an aid in the actual establish- ment of a labor party. “ | WORK AMONG THE MASSES. D The great task before the Workers (Communist) * Party at the present time is to unite the party and mobilize all its forces for work in the class struggle. The energy of the party members must be thrown into mass work in all fields. Activity among the masses as a prere- quisite to bolshevization must be drilled into the conscious- ness of every party member. The party must fight with all its power and with every necessary strategy against the attempt to isolate it and throw its energy back upon itself. The party must also conduct a resolute struggle against the tendency to construe “party work” only in the sense of in- ner party work as well as against the tendency to make an artificial separation between mass work and inner party work. 4. The policy of the Central Executive Committee is to * draw 3the entire party into the work of carrying out the decisionS of the national convention and to give every member of the party the opportunity to work for the party, make it a real force among the masses, to draw the whole party into constructive work for the upbuilding of the party and wipe out all factional lines. All comrades who accept this platform must be given full and complete opportunity to participate in party work and responsibility, according to their ability and without any discrimination. 5 The Central Executive Committee welcomes the stand * in favor. of unity and the progress already made by the Young Workers’ (Communist) League towards the liquida- tion of factionalism and the unification of forces. The Na- tional Executive Committee of the league now joins in the adoption of the resolution of the Central Executive Commit- tee of the party as the basis for the continued work and for - the complete unification of the league. . 6 The Central Executive Committee calls upon all units of * the party and the Young Workers’ League to seriously study and consider this resolution and to adopt it as their platform. The adoption of this resolution on the party situ- ation by the Central Executive Committee, the District Exe- cutive Committee, City Central Committee, and in the shop nuclei and branches should be the signal for the wiping out of all factional lines and united work of aj! supporters of the Communist International for the upbuilding of the party. (SIGNED) Max Bedacht, James P. Cannon, William F. Dunne, Jay Lovestone, C. E. Ruthenberg, General Secretary, ‘ Workers (Communist) Party, National Executive Committee, Young Workers (Communist) League CONNECTICUT DISTRICT ARRANGES ./ FOR REORGANIZATION MEETINGS The following meetings have been arranged in the Connecticut district by the District Executive Committee: NAUGATUCK, R. I—Thursday, November 19. WATERBURY, CONN.—Friday, November 20. TORRINGTON, CONN’—Saturday, November 21. HARTFORD, CONN.wsWednesday, November 25. ~~. UNITE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROGRAM. ——— ee SPRINGFIELD, MASS.—Thursday, November 26. | kee te f retical level of the party, (4) the Central Executive Commit-__| * ( mepinstpee ‘BINGHAMPTON, N, Y., Nov. 15.— Hundreds of workers gathered at the Lithuanian Hall .to celebrate the revolution. pee Comrade Schapp of Chicago, was the main speaker. He pointed out ‘the preparations of the capitalists for a new. offensive against the Union of Socialist Soviet Republics and the necessity of the workers to show a greater international solidarity {n or- der to fight for the ‘defense of the Union of Soe¢ialist Soviet Republics. - The Red Army Funeral Song was sung by the U Children’s Chor- us of Bingham: an honor of Com- rade Mikhail Frunze; Soviet Russia’s war minister, who recetitly died. - Other revolutionary songs were rendered by the ‘Lithuanian and Ukrainian chorus. A collection amounting to $45. was taken for The DAILY WORKER. * * il 2 ; ; Hartford Celebrates for Russia. | (By Worker Correspodnent) HARTFORD, Conn:,,Nov. 15—With Bertram Wolfe, headof the New York Workers School, as the principal speaker, and wiht Sam Darcy speak- ing for the Young Workers League of America, workers of Hartford filled the hall of the Labor Lyceum this week in celebration of the eighth an- niversary of the Russian revolution. Discussion centered around the Dawes plan ,and the. Locarno Pact followed by a unanimous resolution demanding the recognition of Soviet Russia—to be sent to Washington, D.- OC. Street Nucleus Two in Section Threé, Chicago, Makes Excellent Start ih ot Street Nucleus No.2, Section 3, Chicago, held its first meeting last Tuesday. This nucleus has made a good beginning already... The secretary, Comrade Verna Ga- sunas, reported on the section 3 com- mittee meeting. After a short discus- sion on dues, International Labor De- fense, work in unions, workers’ school the question of The DAILY WORK- ER was taken up, Altho every mem- ber had already. contributed to The DAILY WORKER before, some mor than once, the comrades donated at this reeeting, and also pledged contri- butions) Registration of all members will take place there. Comrades will be gned either to shop or street 1] nuctel, | . | ak ‘It is of the utmost importance to the successful reorganization of the party in the city of Chicago that every member belonging to Section No. 4 attend this meeting. , Comrades! “meeting. — Be on time at the ~ Even Jail Guardsin _ Union Drive in Colo. DENVER — (PP) — Organization among Denver workers is. taking a leap forward with new activity among guards. The Yellow Front shops are now 100% union with the formation of a Denver local of shoe repairers, The jail guards have joined the City Employes union and a teachers local is under’ way with the staff of the Denyer Labor college as the n from which to penetrate the blic aiear faz system, — | should be present on time. sharp. so Important for Milwaukee, Wis. Next Thursday, November 19, the party school will begin at Miller’s Hall, 802 State Street, 3rd. floor. | All the comrades who are willing to attend the school Comrade Oliver Carlson, from Chicago, will be in | Every comrade that signed the — present. ter , 5 ° : fig * ; School will start at 8 p. m. VY a = SAFETY PACE FOR LABOR PRESS SET BY ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS: THIS AMOUNT MUST COME DAILY! versary celebration meetings. quota of $40,000 has been reached. list of militant helpers: DAILY WORKER 1113 W. Washingto To meet The DAILY WORKER'S difficult financial emergency, just $1,000 came in Saturday, most of which represented proceeds from Soviet anni- if $9,000 more can bé raised with similar | speed, the paper’s immediate safety is assured. This means, however, that there are less than two weeks left to accomplish the tremendous task. And it means as well that an additional $10,000 is necessary before the end of the year to insure publication for 1926. To date, not quite half of the $19,965.36: this is the sur total to date, with the following as Saturday's N. S. Reichenthal, Los Angeles $1,50;Dr. Meyerson, Philadelphia, ° V. Lilndquist, Gary, Ind (50 (collected ) 7.00 Ukrainian Br., W. P., Buffalo, Armenian and Greek banquet, Bw. Y¥, 10.00| Street Nucleus 1, District 5, Paul Boddeutsch, Detroit, Mich. 1.00| Boston, Mass. 40.00 Collection in' DAILY WORKER Chicago 10.00 building, Chicago, Il 17.65 | Boston, Mass. (Soviet celebra- Hungarian Br., W. P., Martins tion) . 28.25 Ferry, O. 5.00 | Muskegon, Mich. (Soviet cele- — Jack Jancson, Martins Ferry, O. 3.00 bration) 10.87 Sam Damimick, Niagara Falls, Roxbury, Mass., Jewish Br., W. N.Y. “i + cana 7.501. Pes .. , 18.80 ' Baltimore, Md., (Soviet celebra- I. H. Rasnick, New York ............ 10,00 tion) . 60.00 San Francisco, Cal. (sale of | Washington, D. C. and Hartford, Lenin’s cake) ....... 15.35! Conn., meetings y- 24.40 Marvin Marks, Albany, Ind....... 2.50 | Cleveland, O.. (additional pay- | International Br., W. P., Ni- ment from meeting 200.00 agara Falls, N. Y. 10.95 | Ow SORe eae ee Johustos City, lil. South Slavic (Soviet celebration) .......\....... pada . . 1.28 SOE PUI. sicademgstne stains $1,076.82 Dr. Neff, Philadelphia, Pa........ 25.00) Previously reported .......... $18,888.54 Thomas Davies, Philadelphia, - Pa. 5.00 Total to date PEER ON CEL $19,965.36 PUBLISHING: CO. . n Bivd., Chicago, III. change-value al§o @ use-value SE: 1.. What is thétform of wealth in * { { HERE’S MY DONATION: d OOS 8 eid iiti ccs Address: ‘ j City: srogenene State: q : : 4 the shoe repairers, teachers and jail . —_— 2 | Ga’ ; ' | Se re ee |
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_ the New York City Central Trades and ing class solidarity toward the British NEW YORK. Nov. 15 ee trade union committee whch s organizing the Purcell meetings that will be held Tuesday evening, Nov. 17, at the Cen- tral Opera House and New Star Cas- ino, has sent the following letter to Labor Council calling on the council to send representatives to these meet- nea on world trade union unity: : “Gentral Trades and a. comme #287 Broadway, 7 City. . sige “Dear Sirs and Brothers:, “When the news came to this city of. the proposed visit of Albert.A. Pur- cell, labor member of the British par- liament, president of the: International Federation.of Trade Unions, and offi- cial. representative of the British labor congress. to the American Federation of Labor convention, a number of trade . unions of, this! city organized themselves into ‘the trade union com- mittee to organize the Purcell meet- ings. This .comittee now includes unions. representing over 100,000 oré ganized workers of the citly of New York. It is. arranging for a gigantic reception for Mr. Purcell at two big mass meetings at the Central Qpera House and the New Star Casino to be held on Tuesday evening, November 17, Invite Council Representative. “Considering the fact that this is the final visit of Mr. Purcell the repre- sentative of the trade union movement of England to this city, before his de- parture for England, it appears to our committee that it would be altogether fitting and proper for your central body to offer some evidence of work- workers, in their struggle against Brit- ish imperialism. We therefore take this opportunity to invite you to send an official representative to one or the other of the mass meetings which have been arranged. Need for Unity. . “The message of world trade union unity which Mr. li brings to this country is one “Amportance to the American labor ement. The threat of another ’ diet the ary tenance of the eight-ho day, fight against the wage si the tse paign against hte open: shop; all these are vitally involved in the question of world trade union . . Failure on participate in a project of such out- standing importance cannot be looked upon by the ‘workers,of ‘this city with- out concern. We hope that your rep- resentative will be present, at one or the other of the meetings ‘Mentioned so that we may have the opportunity of meeting personally ‘Mr. Purcell, the representative of the British trade unions.” VANOUOGENAUAUAGUOUDUNANUOURUONOUOUOONUOUUGQQIOUOONOOU UNEGOOUEONOAOOLASOUAEE FOR RENT: FURNISHED. ROOM by com- rade. Telephone Keystone mediately st nfs NDS RE api 4 ree veralls, jumpers, shirts, mattresses, Juicy Plums Handed .. ond Sunny South By ART SHIELDS. . NEW YORK—(FP)— Alluring de- scriptions of the company housing which southern textile mills furnish are broadcasted in literature that the Dixie industrialists are scattering through northern textile centers for attracting sitilled) labor and investors, But after sifting away the rosy phras- es of the prd@sseagent the hard fact remains that. itis company housing and in company-Owned villages. Any textile workers who follow the job to southern mills may expect to find their new bosses; landlords and often the civil govermment as well combined in the same corporation. A sample of this literature is put out by the Florida Textile Corporation which advertises a coming company city of 10,000 souls at Daytona Beach, Fla. All this population will be housed in the company city, presumably witl a company or, and its workin, » children’s playsuits and automobile covers. sev Industrial Georgia, a new blue boarded vyoiume’ of the cotton manu- facturers of that fourth leading cotton manufacturing state, says that 90 per- cent of the Georgia mills own their own villages and that 49 percent own their own schools, with a smaller ra- tio supplying the general stores for their communities. The manufacturers’ literature would have us believe that this system is benevolent but in their appeal to investors and to northern mill owners we read of low wages, lack of labor legislation and child labor. Highest wages for boys under 14% in the cofton mills in 1922 are given as $5° 0 a week, with low- est wages at $3 a week. For girls the figures were $5 to $9 and $3 a week. Average wéekly pay for cottonmills in Georgia is lis ed as follows: labor- ers, $9; finishers, $9.75; sewers $9.20; examiners, $9.50; ‘knitters, $13.80; loopers, $15; ‘Spinners, $12.18; board- ers, $12.80; dyers, $12,26; carders, $12.80; firemen, $10; engineers, $18; machinists, $24.60; electricians, $35; foremen, $28)" superindents, $45 a week. An opens » low-wage, company- housing, feud Paradise for em- ployers, An : Bosses to Increase Wages A After Strike JOHN OWENS. (Worker Correspondent) RIPLEY, Cal., Nov. 15.—I am pick- ing cotton on a large ranch or ha- cienda south of Ripley, California. Negroes, Mexicans and Chinese la- borers are employed here. It is the custom in California to play off Mexicans, Chinese and Japanese against poor Negroes and poor whites. Poor Wages. We were being paid $1.80 per hundred pounds for picking cotton. The cotton hee} is much lighter in weight than cotton grown in the South. This ‘{f@°Wesert country; the air is warm and lacks moisture, and quickly dries out the cotton. At $1.80 per hundred pounds a good picker could possibly make scant wages (from $2.50 to $3 per day is considered wages here for a day of nine to ten hours; ordinary pickers could hardly make board. There was much muttering and dissatisfaction, but no concerted action. I immediate- ly explained to the workers the ad- vantages of mass action. I enjoyed their confidences to a considerable degree because I was actually one of them, doing the’ same work, and re- ceiving the same fare. * Strike 100% Effective. I called a strike. They struck to a man and called their women out of the field. The strike was one hundred per cent perfect. Previous to this a few individuals has asked the planter for more money and had been dis- charged. We forced the boss to ac- cede to our demands for a raise in Cotton Workers Force | company | “—- OMMUNIST FA yy SIN} (sure TRUSTS ~-BERLIN WHILE SOCIALIST S LOSE’ | By KARL REEVE | : | wersy (sere: ’ is BERLIN, Germany.—(By Mail.)——-The official returns of the Berlin | . « municipal elections show that the Communist Party of Germany be Berlin | ga “Firsha a ae increased its strength, while the other large parties, including the social- cp -- Billion C: Capital democratic party, lost ground. ; Communist Vote Increases. iI By LELAND OLDS. The vote for the Communist Party was 347,382, almost 100,000 votes! |2 ; The overshadowing importance of / more than were cast for the Communist Party in the presidential election in | | the supercorporations in American in- / April, 1925, when Ernst Thaelmann+— | dustrial life is shown a gy Bag cc. received 251,742 votes. Berlin at the Reichstag elections of atock eS yg ret «Fy naitaiede yo The petty bourgeoisie bloc, compris-| necember 7, 1924, the gain of the mission veges po Paar ng the socialists, the democratic) communists is also emphasized. Al- report covers: 326, oat aa $56.607,- party, and the central party, which) iho the total vote cast in the munici- Coss eee patie . we Aes $13,623, iast April combined on the candidacy] p) election was 18 per cent less than 362,000 and sac 8 ay “ eon of Marx lost 432,279 votes. The three|in the 1924 Reichstag election, the 115,000 par value, om a Paps ree parties polled a total of 1,272,209 for) vote for the Commbnist Party wail\eo sae reve a a rdi “8 Marx in the presidential elections,| only 7.3 per cent less than in the | mous agpecramcrggy” ane map try 000 where as in the muncipal elections| Reichstag election. tohanury experts, was $75, B6,008. m October 25, their combined vote Losses of Bourgeois Parties. The 67 largest corporations, ‘each was only 839,930, with the socialists} The vote for the socialists on the|@Porting more than $90,000,000 cap polling 604,704, the democrats 171-| other hand was 13.66 per cent less| ‘4! stock, had a combined capitaliza- 161, and the centrists 63,265 votes. in the recent election than a year| 4m of $7,589,420,000 at par with a. Hindenberg, Bloc Loses Votes. ago. The vote for the German- na.| *#iT° value according to treasury ex. ‘The -Hindenburg, monarchist’ bloc] tional party was 30 per cent less, for | PeTts of $12,883,197,00. Thus: 1/5000 . eceived 229,161 less votes in the|the democrats 30.66 per cent less, the}! lf the:corporations of the country aunicipal election than in the presi-| central 50 per cent less, and the Volks have one sixth of the total capital . ential election. In April, Hinden-| party 25.24 per cent less. | penne Nps . a iante gee urg, supported by the German na-} In other words, the Communist saan pire 000: - eisai wae 7 tional, the peoples, the Voelkische,| Party, altho receiving a smaller ac- $ ‘There were 864 corporations each — with a-<capital stock of more than _ .$10,000,000. These were the basis of — $22,274,000,000'‘of the total stock at par and $30,827,000,000 of the total fair ~ value. Although only 1/400 of all the — corporations, this. group represented ~ nearly one-third.of the capital stock — at par and over two-fifths of the cap- ital stoek rated at its fair value. : The host of smaller corporations are survivals of a previous industrial or- — der in which competition of thousands of. independent business men was the rule. They will probably continue to appear in industrial statistics, allowed © survive to give the impression that he old order still exists. But the supertrust is the real order of the day and belongs in an entirely differ- ent category. It represents the deve- lopment of state capitalism. Negro Children Upset Wealthy Snob Circle CLEVELAND—(FP)—In Shaker Heights, Cleveland’s millionaire sub- | Negroes, Jews and other “un- desirables” are barred under restric- tions which will be maintained until after 2,000 A. D. But 20 little colored children are clamoring for admission to the Heights’ million dollar schools and the entire village has been thrown into an uproar hardly compatible with the dignity of bankers, brokers, corpora- tion” lawyers and other members of the high bourgeoisie. The Shaker Heights board of education has a con- tract with a small neighboring village to educate its children at so much a head in the Shaker schools. And now Negroes are settling in the neighbor- ing village and demanding their rights under the terms of the contract. The courts have ordered that the colored children be admitted. he Wirtschafts and the German so- cial parties, received 869,078 votes in Berlins The combined votes of these parties, together with the Ge- meinschaftsbund, which also support- ed Hindenburg, total only oe, 917 in| any oother large party of Germany the recent election. and was the only party that increas- When the vote in the ne elec-| 2d its vote over that cast in the tion is compared to the vote cast in | \pril presidential election. Navy Yard Wages Not || poy FORBES AND JOHN Go Up; Capitalis Ms Gav’'t, Saube Unions| | THOMPSON, MILLIONAIRE, APPEAL FOR REVERSAL WASHINGTON—(FP) — Employes of the Washington navy yard aré Col. Charles R. Forbes, veteran's bureau head, tual number of votes than in the De- cember, 1924, Reichstag’ elections, when a greater total vote was poll- ed, was affected by the falling off in the total vote this year less than eo = deeply disappointed in the report of the local wage board to secretary Wilbur. They asked for an increase of 10c an hour. For machinists, who now get 82c the local board recom- mends no change. Raises of from 2 to 10c for small groups of employes are recommemded. The gardeners at the yard win the 10c raise. | N. P. Alifag, president of District 44 of the Intl. Assn. of Machinists, spokesman for navy yard workers, said the local report makes more difficult the fight: he will conduct be- fore the general wage board, begin- ning Nov. 20. For New York yard employes entitled to $1 an hour, the board there recommended only that their 87c be raised to 90c an hour. Rail Telegraphers ~~ ee ae ll Holding Out WASHINGTON — | — (FP) — Twelve hundred railroad telegraphers and towermen on the Atlantic Coast Line yere standing firm in their strike, and shipments of freight are almost solid- ly tied up, according to reports from points along the system. former and John W. Thompson, millionaire Chicago and St. Louis contractor, both con- victed of defrauding the veteran's bureau of many thousands and were sentenced to two years in jail and given a $10,000 fine are now before Federal Judges Evan A. Evans, George T. Page and A. B. Anderson seeking a reversal of the sentence and fine on a writ of error. “Might Is Right,” Says Von Tirpitz in Blast Against Locarno Pacts BERLIN, Nov, 15. — Admiral von} Tirpitz today made his first public utterance since the election of Mar- shall Von Hindenberg, in a sensation- al first page leader in Der Deutsche Tag, he vigorously attacks the Locar- no pact and warns the German peo- ple against the danger of making treaties safeguarded only by mental reservations. The admiral adds that the Locarno agreements dictate a decidedly anti- Russian policy. He dismisses the utility of the arbitration treaties say- ing “Might goes before right al- ways.” Wrap your lunch in a copy of the DAILY WORKER and give it (the DAILY WORKER, not the ri to vour shop-mate. Worker Correspondence will make The DAILY. 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Bit by bit there is coming to light the secret details of the late war, The motives that impelled the nations into the mighty struggle are now.matters of recorded ARB The economic struggles, the frantic, building of armaments, the diplomatic ~ infeigues and the, final grim impact of the armies, are known. But. in addition to the deadly roar of cannon, the inferno of liquid, fire, the bursting of shells, the whirring of bullets, the poison gas, the airplane. projectiles, there were propaganda bombardments against the home population that were relied upon effectively to erush opposition within, The most extravagant fiction, the most ap- palling bare-faced lies were told about the viciousness of the enemy. It was a period wherein the most vile, the lowest and meanest criminals, half-idiots and perjurers rose to places of eminence. Whole staffs of propagandists were hired to concoct tales of frightfulness. In the, United States we had as chief liar George Créel, a cheap Denver, Colorado, scribbler,. who attained previous eminence when he became the kept man of an actress, Miss Blanche Bates, who took pity on him and married him. No dope fiend ever dreamed more ghastly tales than Mr. Creel put forth as authentic.fact. 4¢. Those who believe all the calumny of the protsituted, publicity agents of Wall Street and religiously repeated and amplified i¢ were patriots. Those who doubted and dared voice their- — were pro-German spies,and traitors. One particularly obnoxious tale, on the: face of it a lie, dealt with the German armies shipping back bodies of their war dead to place them in vats, boil them down so that fat for fertilizer and munitions might be obtained from them. Now comes the confession of the real senile by ‘the Creel of England, one Brig.-Gen. John V. Chartiers, who bore the euphonious title: chief of the intelligence service of the British army, The story was invented because England was worried over the attitude of the Chinese during the war. Some foul Pens of designed mendacity had to be concocted in order to arouse the Chinese against the central powers. Chartiers was entrusted with the task. For a time he was puzzled. But one day his spies sent him photographs of two cars enroute from the German lines to the German interior. oa . ree %) rt jars may (Continued from page 1) me labor is perpetrated in all its ghastly forms because the constitution up-}- holds it. Bullets of militarism mow down women and children and .sok -elipe two — 1 Se gen diers in national guard uniforms]”™ . weenie pol : a hr ret burn them alive because the constitue beth i r. sponse P Naw ana the ey tion protects them. Upon the author- a a ae ‘. : ved fy ¢f that docum ont che outstanding ent signs it supreme court ¢ with goss declare it unconstitu- figures in the vanguard of the labor movement are jailed for expressions oe FB yogurt its decision there is ab- of opinion. There is no nefarious conspiracy against labor that does| This brief outline, only gives « some not rest upom the constitution for its suggestion of how the system of justification. , checks and balances works, not to ral Deception. uae apogee: a ig ped the one impelling mo- |tive of those who created the consti- tution was a hostile distrust of the ability of the people within the thirteen colonies to govern them- selves. It was. so constructed that the government was organized upon the principle of a system of checks and balances that would prevent the “mob” effectively achieving any bene- fits thru legal channels. » Provision democracy and constitutional methods was made for a triplicate form of gov- m erg ernment, comprising the legislative, vorethe vale wa | Ge ie rs on executive and judicial. long they expect tO, t to achieve How ft Works. \ |anything worth - ‘by constitu- In the first division of the govern- ment two houses of congress were created, known as the lower house and the upper house.. Thehouse of representatives is supposed to be composed of one representative for each 30,000 population within the states, while the senate is created on the basis of two senators: from each tional means. e whole thing be- comes still more absurd when one considers the fact that the so-called elected Neptune are, . almost totally, selected. by, .gets of spoils politicians and Anat the, mass of peo- ple who vote for them have absolutely no choice in their nomination. To start with, our. democratic pre- |their legislatures were small in num- Perhaps the socialist apologists of. state, with the iiplos ‘ox Dituviede, 14: New Jerséy and Georgia. These three states adopted it unanimously, but ber and were mere cliques, not at all representative of the population. In all other states, where the legislative| bodies were larger, it required brib- ery, intimidation and violence to get the required number of votes. For instance Massachusetts adopted it by the narrow margin of 187 to 168; Vir- uu, 3809 to 70: New York, 30 to 27. In evéry state there ensted fierce con- flicts. Rhode Island was the last state to adopt it, after more than two years determined resistance by a vote of 34 to 32. It was literally bludgeoned down the throats of most states. The Bill of Rights. So obnoxious was the constitution when nrst drafted that at the first ses- sion of congress ten amendments were introduced known as the bill of rights. These amendments, besid the first which is supposed to gu rantee free speech, free press an assemblage, were calculated to grant} state autonomy to a considerable de- gree. Most people point to the bill of rights as a guarantee for the exercise of free speech, etc. But everyone knows with what viciousness every| semblance of free speech is stifled if it endangers the ruling class. The present situation in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania gives the lie the free speech illusion. The sa there do not even enjoy the nominal free speech which exists else- where. As to the masses having an equal opportunity with the puling class for spreading their ideas ‘@ moment’s consideration will dispel any such no- tion. The capitalist class controls the powerful press and utterances of workers protetsing against their mis- erable conditions are distorted in the most shameful manner in its columns. The best and most centrally located public auditoriums are closed to the workers. We are permitted to exer- cise our nominal right of free speech in dingy halls available in obscure neighborhoods and at exhorbitant prices. = Free assemblage is stifled whenever there is a crisis that might result in the workers being rallied to deter- mined struggle to remedy their condi- tions. In every man#er and in every part of the United States the first ar- ticle of the bill of rights, which is the first amendment to the constitu- ee ek Tis et path oy Prevent in their persons | and homes ‘from: ‘and seizure. How miany times, with-| felt f,°a weg ol fale Minenegancae sige cn Bat at ee eee ae ee ed. The ruling aad may appeal the constitution when their own in- terests are endangered, but let the worker, defending his home, shoot} down the uniformed thugs of capital- ism and he soon learns that the in- violabilityof the home clause in the “basic documené of our republic” is. not meant for him. | Smash the MMlusion, * everance for the conatitation only exists in the minds of the dolts in the anks of the working class | Suffer from the mental administered by the ni ay . history in the public schools, the churches and the kept newspapers. The constitution, wherever it might have been interpreted in the service of the ‘workers, has been torn to shreds by the capitalist-courts; trying to conceal,the diseased blotches upon the body of the national hag, symbol-| ized by the Goddess of Liberty. To appeal to it only evokes boisterous and irreverant laughter from the camp of the legitimate offspring of the seducers of the national goddess. It is ag effective as a savage invoking the aid of his. savage god Mumbo. Jumbo. On the day sét aside by the cap- italist government to dwell upon the virtues of ‘the constitution we expose it to the workers as the basic docu-}?° ment upon which rests the govern- ment that functions exclusively as the instrument of oppression in the hands of the capitalist class in order to keep the working class in subjec- tion. Furthermore that governmental. power can never be wrested from the hands of the* capitalist class within. the confines of the constitution. Where Socialists Fail. The oustanding. characteristic of the opportunism of the yellow soeial- ists is that they ignore the nature of the capitalist state (government). Their aims are confined to the limits oi still } feet cen powers 1 it : inaririg wee Hug peo, mt Hon | Ptorial. divisions, ystem that. effectively can ie ‘ : tworking class must be political ‘divis: ‘sions based upon’ the principle. duction, thus connecting the masses directly with ~ the — mental apparatus. . In other words, ‘it is pete tem of government only that can fune- tion as a means of a the working class. vi ‘Instead of the empty bomnbdet, of the capitalist apologists for the consti- tution on this day, we expose it as a class intrument, and at the same time raise the call to overthrow ie rule of the capitalists maintained by the Constitution — establish a vg ers’ and ’ government as Russia. ‘ We pledge ourselves to utilize ie litical power to: Free the war prisoners, in jail under the cons’ tution. Smash the fake justice and equality of the cap?talist class! Crush the rule of the bosses! It is only the Workers (Commun- , ist) Party that conducts the strug ‘le against the illusions of ae and their serv: rellow op portunists, therefore icugent work ‘ers should join the ” | eThe ‘younger workers should | OO SLU, MERE a or ee ment er Re Se eA. ee ST ta ee COP ee Ree Ee ee eer | | | dead soldiers who were returned for burial. The astute Chartiers and evening, who. as. chop chairman, was instrumental in bringing down his shop for ‘the ‘mass picketing and who has been removed from that-po-. sition and lost h his job because he fought for the workérs, was met at the door of the hall’ by the strong-arm gang. With Berson was “*B. Goldstein, | ‘alee of Local 39. Blows came from all éé.-: "9 | State regardless of population, Bills| rogative is exercised only in voting|tion, is a jest as far as workers are set by the ruling class. That is one America where | One of them contained dead horses, labelled “cadaver,” the other originating a the Masini Savant heme ties | Gime ‘eens Sy thes politiaal | chakernad, peuel: Wii iNAy: sacha rauiate meted. ot ee ‘ oa. | s nate before y Can be referred | machines of the ma s. Then, fe same thing applies to article t in the class struggle. the public sc et 1S | simply transferred the Jabel “cadaver” from the dead horse car to |to ates a ie rartagge be-|if they are forced, | eee pastit e t PRT, BN . gs ae ei ae , the one containing human corpses, making photos of this falsifica-'come law. Here is the first check. | tain dem ¢°imi The organized group fe | 5 tion and sending it to China, to influence the inhabitants who have : ee aoe pon pecha P ree consteananer pee there to. strong-arm any BEER a epee reverence for their ancestors and dead people S€D-| The president must-sign all bills, and capitalist clase, did not fail in their “duty. ‘ ay | ge erally. if, for any reason, he does not desire| and balances ¢om 39, who had he cepa | 2 -. Chartiers, himeelf, at: a recent banquet in New York, recited | to accept them he simply vetoes them | destroy: the bua | | oe strike, on the picket. t. line fe a this contemptible infamy as a joke. and sends them back to the house Why Wworgin ted. be or senate (depending upon their ori- gin) and after the objections are con-| The origin of the Upited States con- sidered the bill may again be vote@} stitution is not. to he, sought for in upon, but cannot become’a law unless| the realms of miracles. It did not a two-thirds majority of both:houses' descend from on h nor were the vote for it. Thus 33 senators,-:repre-|men who drafted it impelled by any senting 16% states and a total popu-, benevolent motives. os e thing was lation of 8,502,572, can prevent legis-; concocted for the immediate purpose lation favored by representatives of of endeavoring to overcome the. end- the other 100,000,000. population, of the’ less tariff and. other antagonisms The workers of all countries who. were hounded to prison for daring to doubt the outrageous. lies do not consider it a joke. The speech will be useful for us in the next war, when other Creels and other Chartiers spew forth their venom. | On Friday night, the Amatgasniton Cagis: Workers of Chicago, called a general mass meeting for the celebration of the victory in the strike against the International Tailoring Co. and also to consider the recommendation of the joint board to levy a tax of $25 on each member as a reserve fund. About 3,500 members were present. The stage was decorated with flowers and the officials tried their utmost to have a holiday spirit prevail to prepare the members’ minds to accept this preposition. It was an artificial atmosphere. . * al ~ a ‘a E iy ' b. Missionary Defense of Zankov -. _ A slimy christian, missionary calling himself D,N. Furnajieff, tenth of the population can defeat the desires of representatives of the other nine-tenths. Yet this is the country whose government, boasts that it will not recognize Russia because its gov- ernnment is not democratic, in spite of the known fact that the Soviet sys- tem is a thousand times more demo- cratic than our own much vaunted system. Thé third division is the gem of the whole thing. That is the United The officials of Chicago and New] _ sides, and they “wéré hot struck with 2 ages : 2 wet ; .'|country. In other words representa-| existing between. the een original! york, included President Sid Hill- | MAA TH '¢ ; Dodging , writing in a stupid religous weekly called Chrsitian Work airs his | tives in the senate of less than one-| states. The economic, situation WaS| man, were the cocckaes of yo eve- INTERNATIONAL ORACLE, m a; too man Rk Late ye views on Bulgaria in a recent issue. This apostle of ignorance and said bd y such, with the inte of the slave owners of Virginia,. rgia and the Carolinas clashing with, the manufac- turers of the northemm,states, that no dominant economic. yet existed, so,the constitutio “convention, held in secrecy, wag at best a compromise between the various groups. The draft was adopted by the con- stitutional convention on September 17, 1787, but it encountered the most determined , opposition from every ning. Yet none was received with any.great enthusiasm. Manager Sam Levin opened the meeting. Levin Deplores Strike. Speaking of the strike and the co- operation he received from the Chi- cago membership, Levin deplored the fact that the union had a strike, say- ing /that the Amalgamated Clothing Workers is a peaceful organization, settling its differences with the boss- men tried to run back into the hall. But the gang had locked the doors. They tried to catch a street carp ing, but blows were showered upon them. One of the victims received large wounds on his head. Another’s face was bruised and bleeding. E Women-were screaming and men shouting to stop the gang. The ouwt- numbered victims rushed into the street and were nearly struck by an automobile, which however, also LIKE ANCIENT DELPHI, | AMBIGUOUS AS USUAL SOFIA, Nov. 15.— The réport of the league of nations commission, investigating the recent Greco-Bul- garian frontier incident, will be most cautious, according to unoffi- cial forecasts _here. The commission will report that superstition polluting the minds of Bulgarian people with the ob- scene filth of the so-called holy bible and incidentally serving the imperialist interests subsidizing Zankov, the monstrous butcher of the working class of that country, tells his version of the-cathedral bombing at Sofia. Like the other capitalist hirelings this clergyman accuses the Communists of the plot to assassinate the king. He says: The conspiracy intended to bury all these (cabinet’ members, the king and prominent government functionaries) in: the ruins of the cathedral church, after which they could take possession and control of the country and government, Unfortunately for them and ’ 35 om Fe Sah 4 Rh ae. ae eet ss , - es thru ae for the past six| the Greek invasion of Bulgarian | checked the assault on the escaping a fortunately for the country, providence intervened and almost | | years. It had thot that it had suc-| soil and the mpt te cece ) t ’ , atte PY |}members. Many more were hurt is miraculously saved the life of the king. AS WEE SEE ] T “.° By 7. J ° O’F laherty ceeded in convincing the employers| Petrich was unwarranted, it is stat- | whose names ite not deeds. ; As we should (sic) expect, the arrests were made on a wholesale : , pont labor is a part of the industry| ed, but it will state that it is im- | Qne member got a beating the t basis. : (Continued from page 1) member how saucy Poland was to ee ou he — Na 8 ~ Wreton side fired | gang because'he was sitting ‘next to ; ¥ Under the ruins of the cathedral church scores of people lay whatever progress is made in wealth| Soviet Russia, can té#l the next dumb-| | a. 4 » ee ee ne Rises shot In the'original inci- | the one trying to make_an amend- : buried. The record of the number of lives lost has now reached two production is theirs. They point to| bell who says the Bolshevik govern- roam dn he oteted thecatie has - ment. ; hundred. this fact, and also to the lowering of | ment is a failure, te’ look around~him Rissman Directs Gang. The end of the skirmish found Sid- | ney Rissman on the scene directing the gang to scatter and not to see janything, hear anything or know any- thing about’ the incident. aC to prepare for war in order to have’ peace, and the preparation for war is—money. Tries to Discredit Strikers. Sidney Rissman, assistant manager of Chicago Joint Board followed. He the standard of living in other coun- tries where Capitaliann, rules from Cel- lar to garret. and see what he cai see. Practically every capitalist g8¥ernment in Eu- rope has time for'mothing else but passing the hat. Soviet Russia is not playing the role of beggar. ale he had an amendment to make. Levin refused to recognize him and imme- diately put the tax proposal to a vote, not permitting any questions or discussions.. Then ensues a melange of drivel about desecration of “the house .of god.” He deplores the fact that “a number of leaders of Commun- iam, instigators and promoters of the plot, escaped arrest and found themselves over the frontier of the country.” Ba y HE mayor of Rock Island, Illinois, got Sep es nee Oe mate oe ; terribly excited last week ad Meeting Gets Levin’s Goat. | : His report reveals the habitual truckling to capitalist savagery! when he discovered that a Commun- LAs" but not dist, a few words! 4lso spoke about the strike in Chi-] phere was a alte ot diceent aiious vaiess ‘Shiels Malla seo \ of christians, Lt also exposes the workings of their disordered minds. | ist group exists in that city. The about The DAILY WORKER. Our | 88° and the work done in New York the members and when the vote was " . i] \ His “divine providenge” saved the life of the degenerate spawn of| mayor heard that they were connect-| paper is not perfect by any means,|8'Vne very little credit to either the|taxen, it appeared that the majority FORT WAYNE, Ind., Noy. 1§— Z royalty who sits upon the throne, but permitted two hundred others|®¢ W'th Moscow. He promised to rid strikers OF. the: membership 62) weve. apt tn faver'-of'-the proposal. Harry McNamara, ki klux klan ‘or- "¢ whole for the victory. He tried to imply that money, and not the mem- bership, won the strike. the city of them or die in the attempt. We do not know what kind of squirrel refreshment this executive imbibes, per published in t American languag will be gradually ganizer and advocate of prohibition, who conducted a number of federal rum aids here, was arrested ‘on the 8 country in the "Its deficiencies rrected—provided but it is the only daily workers’ pa- to be killed. In the eyes of a missionary what are the lives of two hun- i -dyed ordinary mortals compared to god’s chosen king? If the christian god is so all-powerful why did he permit his temple to be Levin became very excited, flew into a rage, hammered on the table and declared in steptorian voice that the but if he reads the papers he might|it lives. Communists criticize them-; %/8sman algo spoke upon the mat-| motion was “passed, and there will be|°Parse “of accepti a a $250 bribe from destroyed? If god had the power to prevent the destruction of the} know that Soviet Russia has 62 mis-| selves as well as’others. In spite of tar of the levy of $25, and pointed out! 4, disruption of this meeting.” He|® federal defendant. McNamara’s ar- |, king, he unquestionably had the power to prevent the explosion of|*!0"% '™ various countries studying|all our shortcomings, The DAILY or ie 08 _— st agrcrageie declared that “The tax will be paid.” |Test came after several of the teder- the bomb. It requires no profound logie to reach the conclusion that SS SS. Ne a ee aes ee ee pht h : is cwor ‘by thie] rhere 18 no doubt:-but that the off./@! Jaw Aefendants net tee ee ks der to apply any improvements they|comes to defending the workers’ | US to have the answer by tals cials knew the pulse of membership police for assistance, alleging that the it was not the people who bombed the cathedral who are responsible. | notice to Soviet industry. If they hit agdinst the commgn enemy, and is time.” prior to the meeting, and there is no “special. federal agent” responsible but the god who permitted the bomb to explode. Hence the god of ._the Rev. Furnajieff is proved by his own representative to be a dastardiy murderer, Instead of assailing the representatives of the battered and bleeding working class of Bulgaria he should launch a drive to dethrone god, who, instead of striking dead the bomb plotters cbhese to permit the murder of others. Rock Island, it is quite likely that the babbittarian mayor will be on the receiving line with his hand ex-} tended right palm “up. ox * a» William A. Cunnea, attorney for the Amalgamated Clothing “Workers ad- dressed the meeting. His speech was pretty much contrary to the speeches by Rissman and Levin, for he pqinted out that it was the solidarity of the membership and the iron will of the for their arrest had endeavored to se- cure money from them by a “bribe” plot. ever pointing the;, way towards the goal of all class-conscious workers— the overthrow of capitalism. -_ rao DAILY WORKER is up against brained renegade in the labor move- doubt that they were cautious in or- ganizing their forces. Because at once after the dissendent member had ris- en to introduce an amendment, this organized force were immediately on the job, pointing him out and ready to “square the matter with him.” . re EO Pee OE To “Punish” Anti-Fascists. — ROME, Noy. 15.—Premier Musso- lini’s bill for the punishment of apnti- OLAND’S cabinet has resigned. We know that every weasel- That government changes cabi- The Communists of Bulgaria, like those of the rest of the world, ,are determined to dispe nse with missionaries, kings and their god. We will put the former to work and dispense with, the latter thru loud and irreverent laughter: zloty. There was something in a name from the moment Grabski, former premier was baptized. His fingers itch for everything that is not his. He wanted to use the funds of the Bank of Poland to bolster up the ex- change. That functionary refused. Perhaps he is in sofne other politi- WORKER is in the hands of its read- ers. If the workers are convinded ahat it is serving a useful purpose they will not let it die. We are of the opinion that. they will not. We are convinced that they will answer the premature rtles of the ene- | mies of labor by coming to the rescue ; “he only extenuating circumstance must be that god is so busy|"°tS 1 4 year oftener than the aver-|ment and outside of it will chortle oS sein rage a tl sige BnoGy : WUALS wep. warman later, :the jfescine Balihes livilie OURe Yen ae | --otecting the rulers of Europe that he has no time to protect the age citizen changes his underwear.]| with glee when they read our tale of ° ro are S/member did not intend to oppose the|proved by his cabinet. It is under- | prarec The latest flip-flop was related to the} woe. But those who laugh last laugh | *P°&¢h was received with enthusiasm. | pyiqing of a reserve fund, but mere-|stood that the bill would cancel the people. deplorable condition of the Polish{tongest. The salvation of The DAILY Steamroller Motion Thru. ly wished to amend the motion. Butjcitizenship of such Italians and pro- | i Levin then came forth with the pro- posal that the joint board was recom- mending to the meeting that a tax’! of $25 be levied on each member for a reserve fund. Immediately, from a distant corner, someone moved its adoption. One of the members in the center of the the officials seemed to fear any ex- pression at all from the member- ship. The finis of the proposal being thus arrived at, President Hillman address- }. ed the meeting. This waned the vic- tory’s célebration. 43 Fh Strong’ Arm Squads: Busy. vide for confiscation of their Bide saci | To Erect New Schools . The Chicago board of education an- nounced that it will have three ele- ‘mentary-and five junior high schools erected before Oct., 1926, to relieve tie Get a member for the Workers Party and a new subscription | . ie the DAILY W ceiy: 4 b phe fe ox cian’sggroup, T ‘of you »who re-}of their paper. 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